Use a Drain Bucket When Washing Vegetables Outside

I use a drain pan in my kitchen quite often and I thought it would be good to have a drain bucket on hand when washing garden vegetables outside. It gets the excess water out.

I purchased a new bucket and asked my husband to drill holes in the bottom.
He thought it was crazy to drill holes in a new bucket but I assured him that my vegetable buckets have to be clean. It has worked so well that I'm going to purchase another one so I will have 2 drain buckets.

To clean the vegetables outside, I use two buckets for washing. After the final rinse, I set the drain bucket over into the empty bucket, and it is ready to fill up.

I let the vegetables drain for a few minutes before pouring them on the drying screen. This prevents water droplets from filling the holes in the screen.

The drain bucket has really speeded up the drying process.