No expert here but , sounds like worth a try

Since I must empty the old soil out of it to repair it,
I might just as well try using it as a trough afterwards.

Go for it Caroline

@paddy
When would be the best time to visit Kew if I could only go for two weeks. Well, I would want to see other gardens also but my main interest is the rock and alpine gardens. It's not like I could visit every few weeks from here.

I visited Ireland in 2012 briefly. Went to attend an Irish lace crochet workshop in a little town a few hours from Dublin. GGGrandmother is from Ireland but no idea from exactly where. But we have been DNA tested and I am 53% Irish (well, celt - grandma goofed and married a Scot - ) True to form my uncles were all fireman, policemen, and one or two bar owners. Talk about a stereotype.