porches balconies and stairways and the containers are used to hold plants and to store items the containers are mounted to the side of the balusters furthest from the porches balconies and stairways and do not take up any space on the porches balconies and stairways heavier containers have a support lip that rests on the floor of the porches and balconies to support the heavier weight while the fastening means hold the container firmly against the balusters the fastening means comprises a threaded member that extends from the rear of a container and through the balusters and a cross bar and knurled knob with nut turn onto the threaded member to pinch the balusters thereby creating a frictional force that holds the containers to the balusters application_number US 21183702 A description in fig1 is shown a front view of a semi circular container equipped with the novel fastening means seen in fig2 to be attached to balusters 11 and 12 that support railing 37 of a porch 38 in fig1 and in the following description the container is identified as planter 10 but it may also have an open top or have a cover and be used for the purpose of storage such as shown in and described in greater detail with reference to fig7 and 8 the planter 10 may be made of any appropriate material such as metal plastic synthetic resin or wood in addition planter 10 can have any number of fanciful patterns molded or otherwise formed into its outer surface to enhance the aesthetical appearance of the planter it can be.