Making a stone trough.."bampy" style.

good luck

Interesting blog.... I like this type of project...

what proportions of "ingredients" went into your mix ?

well done you!!
i hope it works.

Thanks for the replies. @ Terratoonie...3 parts cement, 2 parts builders sand and 1 part peat and just a couple more parts cement in the bucket full of mixture to make it a bit stronger.
@ Stickitoffee, I hope it works as well otherwise I´m left with a small heap of rubbel...hihi.. but then I can always grind it up with a sledge hammer and use it at my next attempt!!!.
@ Sanbaz, I need the luck because it was more luck than judgement making it.

.. and next attempt when you are given more time...
.. maybe when your OH goes on a longer shopping trip..
perhaps a week's retail therapy in New York ;o) Lol.

excellent idea TT ~ i would like a week off ~ can you organise trips away ~ for the OHs?

Sticki... you only get a week's shopping trip if your OH promises to make a trough similar to Rogi's amazing effort ;o)

other way round TT ~ i dont mind trying to make a trough if you can send OH on a holiday for a week?

Sticki... it has to be a shopping trip...
where would he go and what would he buy ??? ;o)

dont really mind!!!

Maybe he'll buy a stone trough ...

good plan!
if i was going shopping it would be bookshops, nice cafe, stationary/crafts and of course some plants but i just wanted a week to myself!!

Good luck! That was actually my plan for Monday, make some Bampy-style slabs! I'm going to use some old cat litterpans as molds. I figure that will be simple enough and I can't possibly screw it up!

Hallo Lauram. I have also thought about making some slabs, but I thought that I would put the mixture in some bin liners, making the stuff fairly sloppy then it will just spread itself out...it could give some unusual shapes. Another thing I want to make is some lawn edging made out of empty cardboard tobacco drums...the ones that hold 200 gramms...as we both smoke we have 2 empty ones a week, they are about 12 cms high and about 9 cms in diameter so they will be fairly solid.
So I will now go down to the garden and finish off making the biotope that has been on the plans for a couple of weeks. Have a great easter sunday, even though it is only just after 7am here the thermometer is showing 15° C.

Hallo all. This afternoon I took the inner box out of the trough, it came out very easily, but it is very shallow...this is because I realy didn´t have enough time.., it won´t be any good for plants, but it could be a bird bath, or for putting a plant pot in it, or the other idea I have had is....last week I bought a small sun dial from an ebay shop, small and not very high, my idea is to make round pillar using the same method, about a foot high and cement the bottom of the pillar to the bottom side of the trough and the put the sun dial on top of the pillar. I will just have wait and see what happens when I take the outer carton off in a week or so´s time.

Rogi... with all those ideas, you could end up making about another 6 blogs about troughs ;o) Lol.

...or how to make heaps of rubble..hihi.

Lol. ... lots of blogs I could add to GoYpedia Design Ideas :o)

Hallo all. I have just added another photo of the trough (the last one in the series) that is more or less finished, it now needs to dry out properly before I move it to its final place...wherever that will be.