I’m the last person in the world to know anything about any kind of saw Alina, but I can’t imagine us having cut all those barrels without the reciprocating saw. It doesn’t seem to snag, but I’m the barrel holder, not the saw-wielder…

We have the exact same challenge… weighing up our conviction that surely we’ll find a use for that some day, against our desire to have reasonably tidy and functional surroundings and storage areas!

Nothing comes to mind at the moment. But I’ve found that if I keep stuff long enough…I can find a use for most of it, eventually! (In the meantime, however, the property looks like a hoarder’s house, which I suppose, in a way, it kind of is. haha)

yes, well, it was YOUR idea, so no wonder it’s a good idea 🙂

Hi Alina, it’s true they would be more sturdy. But most importantly our climate can be very, very wet and we wanted to be sure we would have the best possible drainage.

We also wanted to allow the soil in the tubs to become part of the soil around them, so if for example we end up doing something like taking out every fourth drum and planting a nitrogen fixing tree there, or other similar ideas that we have floating around, then the soil in the barrels would share and benefit too.

Unfortunately we don’t have a good idea for how to use the barrel bottoms and tops… do you have an idea? I feel sure that all that strong plastic could be put to some good use, but I don’t know what!!