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Pig nipple waterer

Posted on March 2, 2017 by mark

Here’s a great use for a five gallon bucket: A pig nipple waterer! A pig nipple waterer is comparable to the kind of device little pet hamsters drink from, but designed for a much larger animal. These devices are easy to attach to a bucket, making them very easy to use. A pig nipple water can have advantages over simply giving the pigs a trough do drink water from, the pigs will make less of a mess and you may not need as much space.

Make sure to place the pig nipple at a comfortable height for your pigs, as we did here above. A good pig nipple we use is this stainless steal one.

More ideas for pigs

We have more ideas that work well with pigs. To start with, did you know five gallon buckets work well as toys for pigs too? Here is the evidence, don’t these pigs look happy to you?

5 Gallon Bucket Portable Shower

Posted on February 28, 2017 by mark

Category: 5 Gallon Bucket Uses

Did you know you can build a shower out of a five gallon bucket? Well, now you do. There are many different methods to go about this. You could of course simply stick little holes in the bottom of your bucket for a very low-tech method, but we’ll show you a better method after the jump.

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How to make an Emergency Water Filter

Posted on February 27, 2017 by mark

Category: 5 Gallon Bucket Uses

In a previous post we discussed how you can filter water using a five gallon bucket. Today we’re going to look at how you can build one of these water filters yourself, for an emergency situation, like a natural disaster. Lack of access to clean drinking water kills 1.6 million young children each year according to Unicef.

The water filter we’ll build consists of four five gallon buckets, that work to filter successively smaller particles out of the water, until you’re left with relatively clean and safe drinking water. This is a relatively low-cost solution and in most circumstances preferable over having to boil water.

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Growing Sunchokes in a Bucket

Posted on February 22, 2017 by mark

Category: 5 Gallon Bucket Uses

Sunchokes growing in a bucket

Sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes, do well in a bucket, as you can see above. The edible part is the tuber, found below the ground, where the plant stores its nutrients. When the season ends and the above ground part of the plant starts to die, it’s time to dig up your tubers. Sunchokes are a very cold-hardy plant!

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DIY Egg Sign

Posted on February 22, 2017 by mark

Category: 5 Gallon Bucket Articles

DIY how to flexible egg sign eggs available switch
If you have chickens in your backyard, you might like to sell eggs to passersby. So, you put up a sign that says “eggs for sale”, but might not always have eggs available. The solution is a flexible egg sign. The bright yellow on the open sign only shows up when there are eggs for sale.

The sign is actually composed of two separate signs, so the sign is visible to travelers coming from either direction. When the sign is flipped down, there is no bright yellow. This is a much more effective visual notification than the words and shape of the egg sign alone, especially when viewed from a fast car. We’ll teach you how to make one yourself!

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