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[miniaturerockgardens] Lightweight Troughs

From: KAREN_STEWART@HP-UnitedKingdom-om9.om.hp.com

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     Hi chaps,
     
     What about some lateral thinking from an engineer:
     
     How about putting the heavy troughs on wheels (OK if your garden is on 
     a slope or terraced this is not such a good idea).  In the UK its 
     possible to buy circular pot bases with three wheels on specifically 
     designed for moving tender fruit trees around to survive our 
     tempramental weather.  A cheaper alternative would be to rig up a base 
     with heavy duty castors (sorry Dunno if that translates across the 
     Atlantic), at least one a locking one, and with the addition of holes 
     for drainage, the troughs can be left on these permenantly.  It also 
     has the advantage of raising the trough by the height of the wheels 
     and base.
     
     Diana, I travelled to Michigan a few times when I worked for Ford & 
     the winters you have there are awesome. The first time I came out to 
     find my car wheels with flat bottoms and the car covered in a clear 
     sheet of ice has stuck in my memory, that and the racoons throwing my 
     trash back out of the dumpster immediately after I'd put it in.
     
     Keep smiling
     Karen Stewart
     Cheshire England
     Snow and hailstones after two weeks of sun and 15C
     First Lewisia White Splendour in flower, and a cassiope Hybrid 
     'Edinburgh' dripping with tiny bell flowers.

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