Nettles, for example, provide one common plant fibre that you could consider making use of around your homestead. Five gallon buckets can also be buried almost completely in the soil of a garden bed to contain the roots and prevent the spread of a fast-growing, quick spreading plant that might otherwise take over the whole area. This can all become intimidating quickly, but we promise that after you read the information below, you'll feel confident in your ability to successfully add compost to your garden soil. Five gallon buckets can not only be used joined up side by side in a greenhouse or elsewhere in your garden. You could also consider using 5 gallon buckets as the reservoirs for, and to hold a pump for, a small garden waterfall, fountain or other water feature.

You can sow lavender seeds directly in the garden, but they germinate much more reliably when started indoors inside a seed tray. Primarily because brown sugar has a higher moisture content due to the molasses that gives it the distinctive taste and color. Choosing a cordyline plant that’s right for your home is easy, but you have to make sure you can create the conditions that are conducive to its needs. Unlike growing in the garden, the nutrients your plants can access are limited by what is inside the bucket. I’m not sure exactly what the setup was, but I found five dead mice in the bucket that had been sitting around for a while, so I have no doubt this will work well!

We use our DIY bucket planters that can hold (2) or (4) buckets at a time to create attractive planters that look great on the patio, or out in the yard! It also can allow for trellises and supports to easily be attached for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other plants that need a bit of support.

You can also use a 5 gallon bucket to keep your garden or homestead thriving and productive by creating items that will help to increase biodiversity and attract wildlife. These lids can be a bit tricky to apply, which is why we include detailed instructions to help you put a lid on your buckets. To tell if a bucket is food grade, look on the bottom for a recycle symbol (three arrows in a triangle) with a number inside. But there are certainly those who object to destroying their mice by drowning – for them, consider a “dry catch” approach (see the lidded bucket trap model mentioned later in this article!

You don’t have to be a savage about it by drowning them, just catch and release them in the woods or in your enemies house.

But to kill mice with a bucket of water, you bait your bucket trap with peanut butter, cream cheese, jelly, or anything else that attracts mice and let it do its work. As you read this, you probably have all of the tools and parts for it at your house right now, and construction would take only minutes. When storing your buckets in a stack, consider putting a short piece of wood or strong cardboard in the bottom of the bucket that will increase the space between the buckets and keep them from sticking together so fiercely. It’s not hard to make a bucket mouse trap, as you can see, and remember, adjust and customize your trap in any way you think will work better.As you read about in the lid section, we also sell a variety of food-safe lids to fit our all-purpose, heavy-duty 5 gallon buckets. I’m going to try the drowning ( at this time have been relocating in local forest, which is quite time consuming) But I am going to use cheap wine. The quality food grade plastic is 90 mil thick, meaning you can transport just about any solid or liquid safely. The mouse tries to get the peanut butter spread all over a pop can suspended on a hanger wire over the middle of the bucket.

She has long had an interest in ecology, gardening and sustainability and is fascinated by how thought can generate action, and ideas can generate positive change.Tumbling compost can speed up the process of decomposition and help make sure that you get a high quality end product. Placing layers of special bokashi bran and food scraps into a bokashi bucket can accelerate the speed at which they break down and provide a valuable fertiliser for your plants in your garden. From buckets, containers, lids, jars, cups, and more, we have you covered for all your prepping, serving, and storage needs. Hydroponic gardening is the ideal growing system for enthusiastic gardeners who don't have an outdoor garden space. It may be a bio-plastic, that is made from plant-based materials like corn, and actually be food-safe, but there isn’t a sure way to tell from the recycling code alone.