I found a one-gallon, solid-copper watering can on sale at Target last spring. I thought it was pretty and I bought it. Before the season was over, the weld at the bottom of the spout had sprung a leak, and it was leaking at the bottom seam.
I used a tin snips, and cut open the top of the watering can. Then I cut notches along the sharp edge and bent each little section under with a needle-nosed pliers.
I filled the watering can with soil and planted it with a few cell-pack 'blue pearl' impatiens. I didn't even have to drill any drain holes since the watering can was already leaking at the bottom anyway.
Voila! I think I love this watering can as much as a planter as I did as a watering can.
. . . and the maple helicopters continue to fall. . .
I used a tin snips, and cut open the top of the watering can. Then I cut notches along the sharp edge and bent each little section under with a needle-nosed pliers.
I filled the watering can with soil and planted it with a few cell-pack 'blue pearl' impatiens. I didn't even have to drill any drain holes since the watering can was already leaking at the bottom anyway.
Voila! I think I love this watering can as much as a planter as I did as a watering can.
. . . and the maple helicopters continue to fall. . . 
