Comments on: Containers for Gardening http://www.containergardeningtips.com Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: lars http://www.containergardeningtips.com/containers-for-gardening/comment-page-1/#comment-42 lars Mon, 10 May 2010 18:41:47 +0000 http://containergardeningtips.com/?page_id=63#comment-42 @Carolyn Patterson, As long as you are painting the outside of the container and not the inside, I don't see how it would matter much. It would be one thing if the paint was lead based, but there's no such thing as lead paint anymore, so I think you would be safe to paint the outside of your containers. But if you really want to go safe and nontoxic, try something like milk paint. http://www.milkpaint.com/ @Carolyn Patterson,

As long as you are painting the outside of the container and not the inside, I don’t see how it would matter much. It would be one thing if the paint was lead based, but there’s no such thing as lead paint anymore, so I think you would be safe to paint the outside of your containers.

But if you really want to go safe and nontoxic, try something like milk paint.

http://www.milkpaint.com/

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