Lightweight, low-tech outdoor storage for soil, substrate, manure ...

Hi all,

Long story short, I need / want non-plastic storage containers for my sun-intensive southern Spain terrace that can accommodate decent quantities of soil, etc. Should I go with wood?

Longer story:

I live in a 2nd story apartment with no elevator, and I'm on my own as a 57 year old woman who lacks physical brute force (but not force of will ;-))

I live in southern Spain, where the sun's UV rays tear through most material quickly, including plastic. We do get some rain but it's infrequent.

I'm doing the type of gardening on my terrace that requires bags of substrate, soil, composted manure, and so on.

This material needs to be stored outdoors on the terrace. I can't be schlepping heavy bags up and down the stairs frequently.

Build-your-own solutions are NOT an option for me. I am NOT handy at all nor do I want to pay someone to build something for me.

So ... I'm looking at lightweight wood storage bins whose exteriors I could paint or finish to be more sun resistant.

Like this one: https://www.ratioform.es/p/cajas-de-madera-con-cierre-546622/

Note the metal edges: in this dry climate they'd probably be fine.

What does everyone think?

My suggestion would be to use metal trash cans if these are available.

I did not go to your link though it seems to me anything made out of wood that is large enough is going to be too heavy or the container may not last very long.