An innovative use for a hollow log
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (351324)
Rockingham, Australia
April 25, 2025 2:20am CST
My cousin’s garden on the old family farm is full of quirky bits and pieces. The photo isn’t very clear but supported on two chains is a large, hollowed-out tree trunk. My father would have carved out the hollow to make a pig trough. It’s now filled with plants and bits and pieces.
Towards the entry gate is a much larger hollowed-out log which was once in the stable as a feed trough for the draught horses. They were tied in individual stalls and the trough ran across the front and would have held feed for perhaps three horses.
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@DaddyEvil (146276)
• United States
17h
Some people have really good imaginations for stuff like that. I'd never think to use a hollow log for a planter or a feeding trough.
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@snowy22315 (188190)
• United States
13h
That's neat like a natural planter. I think I have seen similar things before.
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@pitsipeahie (5165)
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13h
That’s so creative! And also really resourceful, right? Instead of just discarding the log or letting it rot, it was given a new life
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@Beestring (15248)
• Hong Kong
16h
That's very innovative. Using a holow log as a planter.
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@GardenGerty (163171)
• United States
Just now
I would really like something like either one of them.
@rebelann (113844)
• El Paso, Texas
10h
That's so kool.
The few tree trucks around my place are so small not much can be done with them outside of mulching them which I hope to do if I can afford a mulcher.
@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
8h
That’s an amazing thought! The only thing I would wonder about would be any bugs in the old wood that might injure the newer plants.
@RasmaSandra (84225)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
That is a great idea. Good ways to put hollow logs to use,
