i love the bucket idea i always dig a whole and place thick plywood over and then dirt leaves ect. but i think i might try the bucket but instead with a garbage can. Also if you really want to cut down on the amount of trips for watering/nutes rig up a drip line system, perferably using gravity as your friend, keep that for when u have more experiance tho. If u really want to have some fun and arnt looking for money create tree baskets. By the way make sure you know if a game warden travels around the area as well.