Well the cheese and kisses seen some garden beds made out of rain water tanks……so we now have to get some.
Anyone had experience with them and also have any links with information. I do remember seeing Josh doing a segment with them some time ago but can’t find it.
Rook
Rook I know Cackles has bought some too, but she hasn’t been well and hasn’t signed in here for a while…
Geez your cheese and kisses is one lucky lass…
I’ll ask Cackles on Facebook, but it might take a couple of days to get some info back…
Dinetta said:
Rook I know Cackles has bought some too, but she hasn’t been well and hasn’t signed in here for a while…Geez your cheese and kisses is one lucky lass…
I’ll ask Cackles on Facebook, but it might take a couple of days to get some info back…
Thanks Dinetta,
She hasn’t got them yet….lol
Rook
Hey Rook,
Do you mean actual recycled water tanks, or just garden beds made using the same stuff?
I have corrugated iron “water tank style” beds, but they were never water tanks.
bon008 said:
Hey Rook,Do you mean actual recycled water tanks, or just garden beds made using the same stuff?
I have corrugated iron “water tank style” beds, but they were never water tanks.
Hi bon,
Not recycled, as i can get my hands on an old one to cut down but they are way to big for what i want. I like the idea of an oblong one but will wait until i get a price
http://www.kissproducts.com.au/
Try here, Rook…
Trouble is, they’re a Queensland firm, but maybe you can Google from this to something in Victoria? You are in Vic, aren’t you?
Dinetta said:
Trouble is, they’re a Queensland firm, but maybe you can Google from this to something in Victoria? You are in Vic, aren’t you?
Thanks for the link….that’s what I’m after
True Blue Victorian….premier state :-)
try this in Google search:
raised garden surrounds corrugated iron
Wish some would fall off the back of a truck right in front of me…
Rook said:
True Blue Victorian….premier state :-)
Some nice people there, but they play funny football…
Rook said:
Dinetta said:
Trouble is, they’re a Queensland firm, but maybe you can Google from this to something in Victoria? You are in Vic, aren’t you?
Thanks for the link….that’s what I’m after
True Blue Victorian….premier state :-)
Can’t help then.. got mine from a WA company :)
I have one that I got free as a rusted out watertank, and after cutting off the worst bits was left with a decent depth garden bed. I used a nibbling device you attach to your drill to cut it down.
bluegreen said:
I have one that I got free as a rusted out watertank, and after cutting off the worst bits was left with a decent depth garden bed. I used a nibbling device you attach to your drill to cut it down.
They work really well BG. Next time I see an unused tank I’m going to grab it. Not literally, but I’ll stake a claim.
Hi – I see all is under control! lol I have a new computer and didn’t even know for sure if I could remember my password to sign in. Thanks for the site link again – I am slowly getting bookmarks re-established and gathering email addresses again.
The ones I bought are the from the keepitsimplestupid mob whose link has been given already. There are some always advertised in GA magazine.
So far have only set up lower ones 40cm tall. Some will be used as garden surrounds as described rather than being filled with growing medium – to form mini-courtyards or protected microclimate areas for some things. Very happy with them so far. I can get some pics later if you want. I am using the round 80cm diameter, 40cm high ones for chook fodder – have fitted heavy weldmesh covers for foraging without total demolition. :)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/cackles/Garden/Rimlid450x.jpg
cackles said:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/cackles/Garden/Rimlid450x.jpg
good idea
cackles said:
I am using the round 80cm diameter, 40cm high ones for chook fodder – have fitted heavy weldmesh covers for foraging without total demolition. :)
Do you mean, like a “chook tractor”?
another try to post—-3rd time lucky?
lol no – more like a plant guard! Chooks on outside, plants on inside :p
Sorry – this site takes so long to load for me that i haven’t done the polite hello & chat thing and had even forgotten which photobucket set of code to copy to display the pic because it has been so long since I have actually been able to get the site loaded before I gave up – or it timed out. Hopefully with new computer it won’t be such a problem – although still slower to load than I would like & the menu at the side keeps flashing and going blank as well so something is not working properly somewhere here at one end or the other.
Hello everyone :)
Ie getting this and losing posts unless saved elsewhere:
The connection has timed out
The server at tokyo3.org is taking too long to respond.
This at about 10:30 am Wed 23/9 – saved draft for later try.
Aha – got a preview so this one just might go :)
The server at tokyo3.org is taking too long to respond.
cackles said:
The server at tokyo3.org is taking too long to respond.
that’s not you, it is the host site. I am getting some problems too.
Hi BG :)
The preview is new since I was here – maybe?
cackles said:
Hi BG :)The preview is new since I was here – maybe?
Yep
A couple of months old, maybe 4?
cackles said:
Hi BG :)The preview is new since I was here – maybe?
yes, it is a new feature :)
good, isn’t it?
bluegreen said:
cackles said:The server at tokyo3.org is taking too long to respond.
that’s not you, it is the host site. I am getting some problems too.
Me too. I gave up yesterday.
bluegreen said:
cackles said:
Hi BG :)The preview is new since I was here – maybe?
yes, it is a new feature :)
good, isn’t it?
Where and what is it? You know I’m computer illiterate!
bluegreen said:
cackles said:
Hi BG :)The preview is new since I was here – maybe?
yes, it is a new feature :)
good, isn’t it?
I found it! I’m not quite so comp illiterate as I thought. lol.
Yay!! lol! It only pops up when your preparing a post and you can’t see what’s being discussed when reading the submitted posts…confusing! but it does help get the “quotes” and formatting (e.g. bold) straightened out before submitting…
note to self: use the Preview button more often …
Dinetta said:
Yay!! lol! It only pops up when your preparing a post but you can’t see what’s being discussed when reading the submitted posts…confusing! but it does help get the “quotes” and formatting (e.g. bold) straightened out before submitting…note to self: use the Preview button more often …
Fixed
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)
He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
That’s nice of him a Slab of beer sounds good mate.
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
Awsome! That’s one thing I would love to have in the garden too. My dad had an old water tank to give away once, but he gave it to someone else grumble
bon008 said:
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
One very happy Rook
Awsome! That’s one thing I would love to have in the garden too. My dad had an old water tank to give away once, but he gave it to someone else grumble
Grrrr indeed…
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
Tremenjous!
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
excellent! I love my tank bed, although I may have to give it up when the decking goes in…
but seeing as we don’t have any money atm, that might be a while :)
Rook said:
I was talking to my mate from next door last week and telling him how i wanted to get some of these……he turns up with a 600mm top of an old water tank for me yesterday :-)He also said he had another old on which he will cut into 3 and give me 2 of them…..
Might have to buy him a couple of slabs of beer for this :-)
One very happy Rook
What a good buddy you have Rook. Lucky you. they make excellent gardens.