What do you do with all your wine?

[VegasScott]

I would caution you about using drums frm your local carwash. What was stored in it and is it good grade?

It was their soaps. I used mine for a composter...
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic...

I sawed off the lid and drilled a ton of holes in it. It seems to work well for me.

VegasScott

 

[VegasScott]

I didn't mean for this thread to get off topic from "what do you do with all your wine" to "used plastic buckets" so I'll fill you in why I asked.

My daughter is a competitive fastpitch softball pitcher. We have to practice all the time. The buckets are used for holding practice balls and to sit on while catching her after your legs start burning.

The buckets don't last but 1 season or less, when I'm on the road and she sets them up to hit. Have a 12" softball thrown at 50MPH+ into a plastic bucket, and that bucket is making a quick trip to the recycling bin! As her dad, I couldn't be prouder!

Here's a neat video, featuring my daughter's favorite player showing the power of the fastpitch motion...

http://youtu.be/_de3HJvO-N8?t=34s

I've gotten buckets from Jimmy Johns Sandwhich Shops. It's their used pickle buckets. We wash them out nicely and use them for the softballs.

VegasScott

 

[robie]

Wow, great video! Thanks

 

[Angelina]

+1 Great Video! Impressive!

Love the composter too! We installed 8 of these last year as Rain Barrels, maybe I will get a few more this year for composting. My composter is a pita.

 

[Flem]

Pretty impressive. I think the guys were watching her and not the ball. LOL

 

[VegasScott]

I would caution you about using drums frm your local carwash. What was stored in it and is it good grade?

+1 Great Video! Impressive!

Love the composter too! We installed 8 of these last year as Rain Barrels, maybe I will get a few more this year for composting. My composter is a pita.

I started doing it this way, and it worked great. I started with the "grounds for gardeners" from starbucks and my lawn clippings, supplemented with kitchen scraps and POOF! COMPOST! While this does require you to water and turn the bucket with a shovel, it does work. Since my garden beds are "resting" right now, I'm "worm composting" by putting the items right into the soil. The worms break down the scraps faster than the bacteria in the composter. But I do use this thing during the spring/summer.

FLEM: Pretty impressive. I think the guys were watching her and not the ball. LOL

I could not agree more! I've actually met Jennie Finch at one of the camps my daughter attended and she really is an amazing lady. What a GREAT role model for our girls! She's awesome. Watching her throw nearly 70 MPH and then throw a change up at 38 MPH was insane. While you're at bat, you don't know what's coming and you're done before you started! Then she'll mess with you even more with curves, drop balls and rise balls. It's an amazing sport!

VegasScott