Weed Pails

oooh aren’t they beautiful! Never thought a “weed pail” so be so amazing. Nice!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Thanks! Having fun!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

What an awesome idea!!!! Would work well in a large or small garden. I like the idea that you leave them in the garden … and love that they are so pretty … a practical piece of art!!! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Awesome indeed and so very unusual. Far too lovely for weeds. Oh, i just love them! Congratulations!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Love your weed pails Eklectic.Very nice.Looks like a lot more fun than pushing the old wheel barrow around like I do. (lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I still need the wheel barrow but only when they are full!

But I thought this project was done!!!
And I just decided that I needed something “neat and different” to sit them on!!!!

So, I think, I am going to build a base made of concrete and shape them like…or have tendrils…or..
So here I go!

Will let you know what will happen!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Isn’t it amazing how one thing always leads to another and another and never ends. (lol) Guess that is what really keeps us going.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

It sure keeps us going!
Just like this site and all the friends!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

So true Ekectic.It’s raining out right now so here I am online again (lol) The heck with housework this is far more intereting and educational thanks to GT friends.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Gonna adapt this idea for my little bitty lot. Will save me the effort of going along picking up all the weeds i threw onto the lawn ( or sidewalk, or driveway) when I weeded the beds.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Dini,
that is exactly why I did it!

Bon,
Same here, so I am baking as we are “learning” and visiting!
Only problem: to many good ideas and not enough time!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Wish I had a little of the artistic flare. Again, your pails are simply beautiful and unusual.

Closest thing to pails that I could think up would be new paint pails …. lol. Not nearly as

attractive even with a spray can of paint. Oh, they are so beautiful …..and one of a kind!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

The first one to make it to the garden!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Looking good … I love these in your gardens!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

And the second one:

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Blozand And GranT
Thank you for all the nice words!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Great idea to hang them from a Shepard’s Hook … gives some variety throughout the garden with them. Looking good “E”!!! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Ohhhhh, and your gardens look beautiful … so full and lush!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

I like the idea of the weed pail. I have a large pot (with drainage) for deadheading etc. It sits on my driveway behind my oleander, complete with a pair of scissors, ready for anyone who wants to do my work. Alas, it is usually only me, but the lady who is looking after my garden when I am away will hopefully find a use for it. :)

-- jroot

jroot
Alas, it is usually only me
Same here, but it sure sure would be something else if one of the dogs would start helping!:-D

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

You’ll just have to start training them. ;) Now that would be a challenge !

-- jroot

What a grand idea – I favour the first one with the face.

I have a black wire basket in the garden for weeds and dead heading as I go. I like it because it doesn’t hold water.

You sure are artistic and these put a personal stamp on your gardens.

-- Joan w

Joan,
thank you! I had a lot of fun making them!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

OOOO,great idea> I just got onefrom a back alley (someones trash) and it already has the holes!

-- Moose Jaw,Sk.CA Z3B

Thanks Joelle, I hope you have fun with it! :-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Thanks Joelle, for bringing this post to the top again. I missed it first and second time around. (bf I joined GT) But it is still revelant and a good idea that will be very useful. Since I have a cat, I have lots of kitty litter pails. They are plastic but I’ll bet the paint will ‘pretty’ them up nicely. Just in time for the annual ‘pulling out the forget-me-nots’. LOL

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

That is what I am doing this morning. I pull them from around the plants that are trying to come up!
I do try to keep the forget-me-not in the garden for as long as I can, but I do not want them to impede the growth of the “new” plants!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Exactly! Me too. But, they do get to a point where they are looking pretty scraggly, and who needs several million of forget-me-not seeds for next year’s crop? A simple million will do the job nicely. ;)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Iris, I agree.
Mind you I do have an immense garden/forest where they can just grow to their heart’s content and I know it will not damage the natural flora.

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

I must say that these pails have come in very handy. Not only outside but inside as well: the biggest one we use for kindling in the living room and two of them are being used as garbage pails in the house!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Eklectic, those painted pails are a lovely and creative idea. I like that you can keep them out in the garden, ready for when you need them. What type of paint did you use, acrylic? Has the paint held up in the weather?

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Robin, I used regular acrylic paint but I used and indoor/outdoor varnish on top!
I did use a metallic primer as well!
They have been outside for 2 years now. 2 winters as we did not bring them in! And they still look as good!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Do you mind if I copy your idea?

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Robin, this is a very nice compliment!
Please go ahead, and have a lot of fun!
Let me know when you are done!!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a