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Re: Plastic Barrels

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In a message dated 98-10-03 13:22:08 EDT, you write:

<< 
 	Someone wrote about finding -Free- plastic barrels at the Pepsi Plant. Has
 anyone had any long term experience with growing veggies in this sort of
 thing?
 	I might be able to go towards this if I could find Cheap or Free barrels
 that were nice looking enough for my wife to allow...
 
  >>
Or you can do what we did to our 2ft x 1 1/2ft brown planters(catalog ordered
but plain and ugly!!)..take some latex craft paint and some stencils and put a
nice border around the middle of the planter..we did a wide band in a soft
yellow with a seafoam green and copenhagen blue design(sort of a southwest
pattern) all around the planters..we also did a few of the smaller pots to
make them match.  then sealed them with a spray on paint sealer(designed for
outdoors)..they have lasted for 5years and still look great.  If the container
is ugly all over paint the entire outside..just don't get the paint on the
inside!!  We have done tomatoes,peppers, lettuce/spinach, onions, broccoli,
peas, and lots of flowers in them. 
Margaret 
zone6 1/2//Maryland


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