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Making a Trough from an old Polystyrene Fish Box
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1. Left
Find an empty fish box. If you don't live near a fishing port, ask at your local fishmonger or supermarket.
2. Right
Roughen the outside of the box and round off
the corners with a wire brush.
Carefully make a few 1 cm. holes in the bottom if there are none there already.
3. Left Brush off any loose particles, then coat the surface with a suitable colour of masonry paint.
4. Right
Place a few crocks over the holes and fill
the trough with a gritty soil mix; 3/4 John Innes No.2 and 1/4 grit would be
fine. Add a carefully chosen rock or two. 
5. Left
Plant the trough with small and fairly slow
growing alpines from your local Garden Centre or Nurseryman. Stand the trough on a pair of bricks and top-dress the surface with gravel.
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