Sounds real nice. Some climbing/trailing plants you could use are Morning Glories, Black Eyed Susan Vine, Ivy, Wave Petunias and Nasturiums. If you use Ivy plants to climb you could plant another low growing flowering plant in the bottom tub and maybe some Spikes.

It wouldn't be so bad if the stuff was JUNK but its all stuff we need so I fight with it. I'm thinking about taking one of the old boards and making a large GARDEN SHED sign or something like that. Then a smaller TOOLS sign or something like that. Isn't there also a sign out there that says something about buying and selling used junk? LOL I'm sure the neighbors will love that! Most of my neighbors aren't that tidy, either. I think our yard is cleaner than some. Both of my neighbors have homes that need cleaned and painted, overgrown shrubs, actual junk sitting around and only mow or do work outside a few times all summer. A few doors down, they have about 20 junked cars in the backyard! LOL So this is NOTHING! It's just bothering me because last week I was up back playing with DD on her swing set and in her sandbox and the neighbor, his gf and his daughter (she's my age and I went to school with her) were out in the yard planting two trees. I don't think she realized that the wind carries stuff and I heard her make some comment about how I supposely thought I was better than everyone in high school (she did not know me very well then because I did NOT think or act like that!) and now look how I live! I live in a trailer but it's fixed up and the yard is landscaped and I have pretty flowers and items about. Many people comment on how NICE we've made the place! DH even went up in the woods and thinned out the weeds and jagger bushes and made us a fire pit and camping spot. The ONLY messy section is the board pile and what not beside the shed! It's not even JUNK! Oh, I was FUMING mad! I told DH when he got home that I really should have yelled back that I AM better than her! LOL Seriously, though, with her history, I can't believe she had the nerve to say that!

I love it all! Especially the fish--details on how it is made? I have a 17 foot boat in my garden and it needs a fish close by! I am working on a fishing guy (similar to a scarecrow) with overalls and a flannel shirt. Soon as I get his head and straw hat on 'right' he will go down by the boat in a chair with a fishing rod in his hands. http://members.cox.net/nonacook

You can buy laundry discs that do the same thing as detergent which are both surfactants (allows the water to penetrate the clothes which is what actually does the washing) According to my local department of health, the washerwater has actually got bacteria and so forth in it after washing. You could put it through a sand filter if you wanted which takes care of that. You could also water under the ground with it, that is okay in our County. You could also put it in your toilet tank to flush with if you wanted to.