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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Alison Jones

Bucket gardening is one of the easiest, most practical ways to grow your own, even with a tiny outdoor space

AI generated image of plants in a metal bucket.

The bucket is a gardening essential when it comes to fetching and carrying, whether it's water, earth, new bulbs to be planted or weeds for the compost heap.

But there are more uses to it than just being a portable pail. It can become a compact container garden for cultivating flowers and vegetables in the smallest of spaces. This repurposed receptacle is ideal for those who don’t have the luxury of a large yard to plant in. Or green-minded gardeners who want to get more use out of something at risk of being thrown away by turning it into a planter.

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