Specialty Gardening: How to make papercrete containers., 0 by Aguane

Aguane wrote:
Hi all, Its nighttime and I just took a couple of pics of two of the planters I can get to..... The rectangle planter was framed in a shoe box and the round-ish one framed in a roughly woven basket. They are small and hold sedum and some Jade plant. When making these I just line the 'shoebox' with plastic from the cleaners, Line the bottom of the frame with 1/2 inch of papercrete, begin to build up the sides evenly with the papercrete, patting and compacting and laying vegetation against the planter outside as you go I guess you could embed anything you like. Once you've reached to rim, smooth it out as you like, rustic is OK. Cut the necessary number and size of holes for drainage. Push the left over plastic bag into the center so as to keep the wall's integrity while drying. Wait a few days, the more the better. Voila. Dirt and plants. As you can see when the container dries I keep all the vegetation in the cement. Just the way I like it. Dusty Miller sticks really well.... I've also used Rosemary on this one. I've used grasses in the mirrors I've made with papercrete and plain old concrete. I love doing this stuff. Sorry for the fuzzyness of the pics but you get the idea.

This message was edited Nov 8, 2006 8:20 PM