If you look closely, you will see that this is one 55 gallon barrel on the bottom. Part of it has been spray painted silver with a “plastic” spray paint. If I am going to fill my yard with white barrels and pieces of white barrels, I don’t want it to look like my yard is full of white barrels!
On top of that barrel is the bottom third of another barrel. I haven’t decided if I want to make a SWC out of this or just drill drainage on the bottom and sides. I was thinking this would be a neat eye level container for low maintenance things like carrots, onions, or herbs, that would add interest and height to the rain barrel area.
I plan on having 3 barrels right here, connected by hoses, raised on cinder blocks, with the overflow of the main barrel aimed at the raspberry bed. What do you think?
I am also dreaming of a strawberry bed made of – what else – barrels, as well as a compost tumbler and, in deference to Tom’s new “special interest”, chicken nesting boxes. That last one is also waiting for me to design a chicken tractor to go along with it which will be portable and maneuverable to put over the “conventional” raised beds that we have.
