scalding a scalder

There are things on the farm that need to be scalded sometimes. Big things and little things.

We visited our local salvage yard the other day. Mostly they collect metal and crush it for sale to the recyclers. They crush cars and have big piles of large metal things: appliances, lights, anything that is made of mostly metal. 

There was a barrel there, empty. It was cut in half, burned in the hottest fire ever, and then a small supporting stand was built for it. 

The other thing that can be done with it? Planter for growing dahlias. Nice and big to hold 20 or so...