Antique Cherry Bucket

This container took a while to find a garden use because we weren't sure how to seal up the bottom to carry soil. However, with some neighborly inspiration, we found an awesome use for one.

We picked up a few of these old buckets on an old orchard on West Mountain, Utah. The rings you see would have a strap attached to it that hung on your shoulder. The canvas you see on the bottom is a bag that could be let out by the small rope on the side to be bigger as you threw more cherries into it. The sides are padded with a foam pad to prevent brusing as the cherries were threw in.

What we did with this (I will try to get pictures when I can), was to cut the bag off and just plainly set the container in the ground about 3-4 inches. Then we filled the container with soil and planted daffodils in it. The resulting array of flowers all sprouting out the top was a stunningly beautiful rustic setting for the garden. And, there was no need to seal the bottom (thank heavens)