Water trough planter

Water Trough Planters are a great rustic option for raised flower beds or container garden. The sky is the limit on planting options - flowers, vegetables, herbs or whatever your heart desires.

Having an old water trough, don't rush to throw them away. Instead of laying it in vain somewhere around your home, there are some useful ways to recycle useful things. And today, we've rounded up the 20 Astound DIY Water Trough Projects that will inspire you. They are super practical DIY stock tank ideas not only you trying but also your neighbors will love to copy your designs.

Do you want to start your own vegetable garden but have limited space? Try my easy DIY stock tank raised garden bed for all your planting needs!

Making a Stock Tank Planter

Do you want to start your own vegetable garden but have limited space? Try my easy DIY stock tank raised garden bed for all your planting needs!

Create a stylish container garden using galvanized horse troughs. Make this DIY aged copper horse trough planter project over the weekend!

Here is an updated picture of the garden taken a few days ago. Since our original posts in early May, we have added and planted two more troughs, for a total of four. In the troughs we are growing: red leaf lettuce green and red romaine lettuce French crisp lettuce oakleaf red saladbowl lettuce spinach early beets radishes carrots (Nantes Half Long) cherry tomatoes roma tomatoes summer squash (yellow) summer squash (green) zucchini (black beauty) acorn squash red beauty sweet peppers a few…

I use galvanized water troughs as raised planters in my vegetable gardens because the big containers look great, offer plenty of planting space, and will last for years. As a bonus, their soil warms up faster than adjacent in ground beds, which means that warm season crops like tomatoes and eggplants love to call the troughs home. Converting a trough into a planter is easy and takes less than an hour.