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| Juncus in a watertight tin tub - set up your own mini water garden! |
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| Hello Dolly tub - it's so nice to have you back where you belong - in the garden, filled with tulips. |
Don't pack off your old tinware when it starts to spring a leak - plant things in it instead, like I've done with this old dolly (wash tub) which was a legacy from the seller at a previous house. It's never going to be abandoned by me though, as it sets planting off so well - particularly these gorgeous orange Ballerina tulips and the purpley pink Passionale.
Here are some other herbaceous hairdos the tub has previously sported:
The patina of this tub makes me keep an eye out each and every time I pass a skip, in the hope that I can find more splendid metal containers to employ in the garden. So far, I've found two zinc mop buckets and the small tub above - love them all.
So keep following the mantra - reduce, reuse, replant it.
For more on tin tubs, try Lead up the garden path.
