Create a garden cloche in just a few minutes with simple supplies from Dollar Tree!
There are an abundance of squirrels in our neck of the woods. They dig holes in the flower pots, and all over the garden. None of the little seedlings are safe when you compound the squirrels with a toddler wielding a plastic shovel.
I just love these beautiful garden cloches, but they are expensive for something so simple.
I saw a wire trashcan at Dollar Tree and thought it would make a great garden cloche! At first I was planning to use the little round wire baskets they also carry, but I like these trash cans more because they are larger. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.
Here’s the Simple How-to:
The first wire trashcans I found came in white, so I coated them with Rustoleum Hammered spray paint in silver that I had leftover from another project.
Although, these also looked nice in the garden just using black ones!
When first making these cloches, I had these knobs left from sprucing up our kitchen cabinets. BUT now I am updating this post years later, as Dollar Tree started carrying these fun glass knobs, and this is my new go-to to make these!
I used some large washers we had in the garage, and I attached the knobs to the trashcans with the nut like so!
Garden staples like these were used to secure the trashcan garden cloche into the ground. They worked wonderfully to protect my catmint seedlings.
I also made a brief Youtube video describing the process, feel free to check that out below!
This garden cloche DIY is such a quick and easy way to protect new plants in the garden. It adds a little something pretty too while the plants are small and there isn’t much going on besides a ton of dirt and mulch!
If you are looking for other budget garden ideas, check out these simple hanging solar mason jar lights with supplies that can be found in Dollar Tree!
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Could you use cloches in your garden? Do you have any wildlife deterrent tips and tricks? I could always use them!
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Is there any environmental impact of using vinyl coated trash cans on your garden?
Hi Frank!
I am not certain, but I have not experienced any peeling or rusting with these cloches. As far as I can tell, it seems perfectly safe.
Oh I’ve been eyeing those cloches in the gardening magazines too but yes they are so expensive!! I love this idea! I’ll be on the lookout for trashcans now! Thanks!!
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I’m afraid it’ll rust since I’m not going to be painting it at all 🤔
I think it will be okay unpainted. These trash cans are pre painted, so it should hold up fairly well!
How can you protect flowers in pots from squirrels? Every time I put my spring flowers out, the squirrels dig holes and half my dirt is thrown all out. I don’t want to hide the blooms.
Squirrels make so much trouble! I’m still trying to figure this one out as well! I might try a little chicken wire cut to fit around the plants to see if it deters them
Thank you so much for this! I’ve been getting so frustrated because even in my enclosed space, something has gotten at some of my fresh seedlings. Today I saw a bite out of one of the leaves in my baby butternut squash. I was able to run up to my Dollar Tree and get 10 of these. So happy I was able to solve a problem so fast and cheap!