Creating an alpine trough from and old bathroom or kitchen sink is not as hard as you think. Traditionally alpine trough used in gardens as a feature have been created from a number of natural stones such as tuffer rock and sandstone. The
\nbest type of rock being the porous type that the plants root can anchor themselves into.\u00a0 To create a alpine trough from an old enamel bathroom or kitchen sink first start by scratching the existing enamel so the new surface you are going to apply will\u00a0 bond with the old sinks surface. Next remove any taps in the sink, but be careful the GardenAdvice team recently created an old alpine trough from a bathroom sink and found that the bathroom taps were quite valuable and reusable. This is a link to the type of taps we managed to save
\nWith the sink ready and the taps removed you can start to apply a coating to make the sink look like an old alpine trough. Mix one two parts sand, one part cement and one part organic compost and then start to apply to the sink one side at a time. This will cover the sink and create the effect you want.
\nWhen the sink has been covered and allowed to dry next comes the planting which largely depends to the type of plants you are using in the new alpine trough but as a general rule the compost you use needs to be free draining.
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