Tip Shop Find

Our local tip operates a tip shop.  Well, it is more tip than shop but every now and then we find a bargain.  Including two rusty old inner tubs from washing machines.  These were full of rust, full of possibility and cost us the grand total of $2.50 each.  They looked just the right size for some spuds we were planning to plant.  Given the cost of pots has risen astronomically of late, a pot of this size will set you back about $300, these seemed like too good an opportunity to miss.

They were covered with a lot of rust which R scrubbed off with a wire brush.

And they weren't the most attractive looking.

But after a quick spray with some rust converter and a couple of cans of enamel, wullah, they magically transformed into two, lovely, orange and marone garden beds for spuds.  For the grand total of about $30 each.

Orange and marone are two of my favourite colours.  They remin me of the lovely autumn leaves.  And the fading in of the red on the orange was inspired by the amazing work that T and S did on the letterbox for L and F.  S convinced me it was easier than it looks to do. So I gave it a go.  And I'm very happy with the end result.

The potatoes are growing away quite happily.  Let's hope they're productive.  I guess there'll be a post about that somem time anon.