If like me you’ve ever wished that all that precious water didn’t just escape down the drain, you could try replacing your plumbing with a 5 gallon bucket!
This outdoor sink is made with some scrap wood and an old enamel kitchen sink and faucet.
Once the bucket is full, it’s splashed onto the garden, the lawn, into the radiator, wherever it’s needed.
By the way, 5 gallons in a lot of water. It’s exactly enough to take a thorough shower.
It’s dead easy to make a drum from a plastic bucket, in fact some folks drum professionally on plastic.
That footage is of the “Chicago Bucket Boys”, a crew of well known buskers who have even been asked to play at concerts. Continue reading
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Here’s an idea I discovered on BBC’s “Tightwads” documentary about extremely frugal people. This particular gentleman put a five gallon bucket at the end of his garden with a sign labelling it “Ye Olde Wishing Well.” On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, passers-by would throw money into the bucket, which he would collect on Monday.
If you want to watch the entire documentary, here is a link to a playlist of it on Youtube.