A 5-gallon bucket with a lid comes in handy out in the garden­ and not just for collecting weeds. You can load it up with all your gardening tools and carry them easily from place to place.

There's a better way to grow plants in small outdoor spaces that lack natural dirt: 5-gallon drywall buckets.

Harbor Freight's 5-gallon bucket is for more than just carrying tools and holding materials. Here are some innovative ways to use this handy tool.

Weeding is such a common gardening chore that you may assume it's always necessary. But there's one reason why skipping it ...

A 5-gallon bucket and bucket-size hole are all you need to make a simple root cellar for carrots. Originally published as "Sweet, Crunchy Winter Carrots" in the October/November 2010 issue of ...

Natalie Bumgarner talks about green beans, and Walter Battle plants in a 5-gallon bucket.

The "A/C" is a homespun getup that looks like a four-year-old's interpretation of R2D2, with PVC pipe wrapped in shiny duct tape protruding from the belly of a 5-gallon orange Home Depot bucket.

YouTube user desertsun02 came up with this DIY air conditioner made from a 5-gallon bucket and other parts that cost about $25. You can generate about 5 hours of cold air with one frozen gallon jug.