1. Build a garbage can enclosure. There are many different plans out there to building closer for your garbage cans. Some of them are made from brand-new wood and some of them are made from pallets. The idea is to screen the garbage cans from the view of the public. Feel free to get creative and think about how this enclosure can match the rest of your yard and your house.
2. Build a decorative planter hiding spot. I saw someone slide their garbage can into a oversize planter. There was a door in the side of the planter in the garbage can slid inside. The top of the planter had about 6 inches of dirt and ornamental plants growing in the top. I'm not sure what the drainage would be like on this kind of project.
3. Plant hedges around your trash cans. I think planting hedges around the spot you keep your cans is probably one of the best ideas. You can let the hedges grew up large enough to trim and to design to make it look professional and pretty. You can plant fruit trees around you can as well and use that as a way to grow fruit for your family.
4. Build a privacy fence or stone wall for your cans. Instead of an enclosure you could just build the screen of some sort. You can use privacy fence already put together at your local box hardware store you could build it out of brick or rock of some sort.
5. Paint your cans as if they were a work of art. The idea is to make your garbage cans pleasing to look at. If you can paint a picture on them, making them a work of art, and being out in plain sight may not be a bad thing.
6. Compost, recycle and burn all of your trash. One of the best ways to hide your trashcan is to not have one at all. There is a movement that is becoming popular called the zero waste movement. The idea is to have very little waste coming out of your house. If you can do this then you won't have any trash going to the dump. You can recycle and reuse a lot of the paper and plastic that you bring into your house. All your food scraps you can compost and used to grow new plants.
7. Line up lawn chairs in front of the cans. I don't know how good of an idea this would be. I don't your friends and family will want to sit around the outside of your garbage cans. The chairs could be used as a screen to hide your garbage cans and then you can move them when you have company closer to the fire pit or your outdoor grill. You would just leave the lawn chairs there when they're not being used.
8. Bury your garbage can. I saw somebody bury a garbage can to store their route some potatoes. I also saw somebody punch a bunch of holes in a garbage can in. To use it as a compost bin. I wondered if you could bury your garbage can without punching holes in it and use it for trash. You would just have to find a way to keep water from draining into the can.
9. Build an outhouse. Some people like the look of an out house. If you live in a rural area, and our house is not in unusual sight. It's more of a decoration these days but you can use it as the enclosure for your garbage cans.
10. Hide the cans behind a shed or in the woods. The cheapest way to hide your garbage cans is to put it behind a shed you already own. You could also put it out in the woods behind your house. Only problem with this is you may set yourself up for Critters knocking over your cans. Find a place to hide it. Find a place that is not in front of your house where everyone can see it.
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