Object of Desire: Le Sac Seau, A Watertight Bucket Made of Linen
Despite all the shopping opportunities on offer to gardeners, it is the least expected items that seem to work best, for instance a dagger for weeding (aka the Hori-Hori knife), or electricians’ trousers, or a sombrero with pompoms.
The watertight Sac Seau, or Bucket Bag is €68 to order.
Bacsac sources French linen for their bucket bags, with a quality that goes beyond good looks: when put into contact with water, the fibers swell, the fabric stiffens, and over a short period of use the bucket bag becomes watertight.
The Bucket Bag stores or carries water.
Known around the world for their portable geotextile fabric planters the three founders of the small French company Bacsac describe their mission as conquering the concrete by providing access to soil...
...Since getting together about 15 years ago former neighbors Godefroy de Virieu a designer Virgile Desurmont and Louis de Fleurieu landscapers have kept an open mind about ancient utility as well
The bucket bag holds about a quart of water, with a linen-covered metal frame and wooden handle.
Like their fabric planters, Bacsac’s bucket bags spring into action but can be easily stored when not in use.