Blue Barrel 55 Gallon Barrel Garden Planters

Apr 18 2017 raised garden made from plastic blue barrels and easy on your back.

Blue barrel 55 gallon barrel garden planters.

Make several marks around the perimeter of the barrel with a felt tip pen and then connect the marks with a line. Shop for rain barrels in garden center. Buy products such as 55 gallon black rain barrel rts home accents 35 gal. Cut a plastic 55 gallon barrel in half lengthways and you can use it to create a couple of raised planters for your garden.

Sep 10 2015 explore louann larson rux s board 55 gallon barrel ideas on pinterest. We ve used raised garden beds for years to grow watermelons squash tomatoes peppers eggplants corn and strawberries. Total build time was roughly 4 hours with a couple mistakes in there. Make a raised garden bed to use outdoors or in a greenhouse.

Rain barrel w planter at walmart and save. But this year we came up with a new approach using treated lumber and 55 gallon plastic barrels. The wood was free and the barrels were purchased off of craigslist for 10 a piece. See more ideas about 55 gallon barrel 55 gallon drum.

Using second hand 55 gallon food safe plastic barrels and some scrap wood that i cleaned up on the planer i was able to create some very basic planters for my backyard garden. Just make sure that you collect plastic barrels that food grade made from hdpe and have contained only food type items. Evie strawberries will be going in the ot. If you re looking for 55 gallon drum projects barrels can be great for raised bed gardens and earthboxes.

If you have the time tools and skills to do the work you can have a raised bed garden up ready in a day. Ozark beauty strawberries in the full barrel. In this article you ll see raised bed gardens earth boxes rain barrels and aquaponics 55 gallon barrel drums projects. These can be placed on wooden frames to raise them off the ground to make gardening more accessible for elderly gardeners or those with limited mobility.