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uses for a old water tank
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:30 pm
by 2pig2sheep1cow
i have just pulled an old water tank out of the loft today, and i am wondering what to do with it?
any ideas it is about 18 inches tall and 16 inches wide and 2.6ish long.
made of metal and riveted to geather.
cheers. rob
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:31 pm
by red
er ... make it into a solar drier?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:18 pm
by MKG
Fill it with compost to grow extra-long carrots/parsnips. Or put some fresh manure in the bottom, then garden soil, then compost and grow 2 courgettes (or cucumbers). Or sink it into the soil and grow mint in it.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:35 pm
by 2pig2sheep1cow
i was thinking of growing mint in it.
would i be able to grow other things in it such as garlic?
cheers rob
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:47 pm
by Thomzo
I had one at my last house. Painted the outside and turned it into a water feature. Looked lovely with a water lily in it.
I think you should be able to grow loads of herbs in it. A bay tree in the middle perhaps and some rosemary.
Zoe
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:15 am
by frozenthunderbolt
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:54 am
by baldowrie
I grow courgettes in mine...had a bumper crop last year
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:34 am
by glenniedragon
We use one filled with water and washing soda over a propane heater to boil up old frames from the hive to sterilize for the next year. You have to block up the holes but if you know of a beekeeper and your stuck with what to do with it I'm sure they'd be happy to swap some honey for it!
kind thoughts
Deb
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:49 pm
by johnhcrf
Metal is in demand. What would its scrap value be?
John.
