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Container Garden in an Old Bucket

An old bucket can make a great container garden

Container gardening picture of an old bucket turned into a container garden

Old Bucket with Ornamental Grass, Portulaca and creeping Jenny

Photo © Kerry Michaels
I love old buckets. All you need to do to turn one into a great container garden is to pound some nail holes in the bottom for drainage. I filled this one with an ornamental grass, blue fescue, some creeping Jenny, to spill over the sides, and portulaca, also known as moss rose.

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