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How to Hang a Cast Iron Cauldron Planter

Cast iron cauldrons can hold strawberries, vinca, petunias and other trailing plants. These mid-sized container gardens can then be hung right side up or tipped, depending on the effect desired. Hanging cast iron cauldrons tipped makes trailing container plant groupings more interesting, but it requires some advance preparation.

Things You'll Need

  • Cast iron cauldron
  • Power drill
  • 1/4-inch diameter titanium-coated bit
  • Welding helmet, gloves and full leathers
  • 3/4-inch diameter steel rod, 6 feet long
  • Propane or MAPP torch
  • Bench vise
  • Vise grips
  • Wrap-around eye protection, painters mask, nitrile gloves
  • Black spray paint
  • 3 to 6 feet of decorative chain, cut into 3 equal lengths
  • 3 "S" hooks
  • 2-inch diameter steel "O" ring
  • Drop cloth or large sheet of cardboard
  • Pliers
  • Small sledge hammer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Turn the cauldron on its side. Make one hole through the side of the body of the cauldron, about an inch or two from the bottom, using a 1/4-inch titanium-coated bit on a power drill. Drill two more holes 6 inches apart, 1 inch from the top edge of the cauldron.

    • 2

      Buy a ready-made steel shepherd's crook plant hanger or make one. To make your own, secure a 3/4-inch diameter steel rod in a bench vise, 2 feet from one end. Heat the first 15 inches of the rod to bright orange using your choice of propane or MAPP torch. Bend the heated portion into a shepherd's crook using a pair of vise grips or pliers. Reheat bent portion to bright orange and allow to slow cool to room temperature.

    • 3

      Lay rod, chains, "S" hooks and the "O" ring on a drop cloth or large sheet of cardboard. Don wrap-around eye protection, a painters mask and nitrile gloves.

    • 4

      Spray everything black on one side, and allow to dry 24 hours. Turn everything over, and repeat for the other side.

    • 5

      Place "S" hooks in each drilled hole, and attach one end of each decorative chain to the cauldron. Attach the other end of each chain to the "O" ring by bending it open with pliers, sliding the chains on and closing it again.

    • 6

      Drive the rod into the ground 1 to 2 feet, using a small sledge hammer. Use light blows to prevent damaging the shepherd's crook. Hang the cauldron by the "O" ring on the shepherd's crook.

    • 7

      To hang the cauldron upright, make all three holes evenly spaced, one inch from the top edge of the cauldron, or hang it by the bail handle that most cauldrons already have.

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