Water butt lids.

[Dynamo]

I recently aquired some old plastic barrels to use as water butts at my lottie. I cut the tops off with a jigsaw intending to use them as lids. Unfortunately they kept falling into the butts so I screwed four pieces of wood to the lids and that stops them falling in.

[Knight of Albion]

Excellent! Well done!

We should always keep water butts fully covered. It stops all manner of creatures from falling in and meeting a horrible end ....

And it helps keep the water fresh and clean, preventing algae build-up.

[Dynamo]

Exactly K of A. I found a frog swimming in one of my older butts the other day. God knows how it managed to climb into it, but it did lol.

[Guest]

Well done on the quick thinking If you get anymore cut under the rim and flip the lid it works a treat (although it does collect a smidge of water on the top)

[Dynamo]

Yeah I thought about cutting below the rim but I decided against it so there's a slightly stronger top to the barrels, plus it gives them another inch or so. It probably didn't matter but it seemed like a good idea at the time lol. I don't think I'll be getting any more though. Six is probably more than enough.