Blue Barrel 55 Gallon Barrel Garden Planters

Cut a plastic 55 gallon barrel in half lengthways and you can use it to create a couple of raised planters for your garden.

Blue barrel 55 gallon barrel garden planters.

But this year we came up with a new approach using treated lumber and 55 gallon plastic barrels. We ve used raised garden beds for years to grow watermelons squash tomatoes peppers eggplants corn and strawberries. Rain barrel w planter at walmart and save. 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.

I used three of the barrels to build six raised garden beds. Make a raised garden bed to use outdoors or in a greenhouse. Sep 10 2015 explore louann larson rux s board 55 gallon barrel ideas on pinterest. Shop for rain barrels in garden center.

Buy products such as 55 gallon black rain barrel rts home accents 35 gal. If you have the time tools and skills to do the work you can have a raised bed garden up ready in a day. 2 turn the barrel on its side and drill a 1 2 inch hole on the line. 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. In this article you ll see raised bed gardens earth boxes rain barrels and aquaponics 55 gallon barrel drums projects. 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.

Make several marks around the perimeter of the barrel with a felt tip pen and then connect the marks with a line. Apr 18 2017 raised garden made from plastic blue barrels and easy on your back. If you re looking for 55 gallon drum projects barrels can be great for raised bed gardens and earthboxes. Total build time was roughly 4 hours with a couple mistakes in there.