Beginner Gardening: ஜ The Great Depression II,show us your frugalnessஜ, 1 by toofewanimals

toofewanimals wrote:
Kell, did you make the planter in the picture? I won a hypertufa planter last year at a plant swap last year, the plant swap is hosted by a local news paper. It had some crazy succulent plant in it from Florida, they had no idea of the name. I'm not excited about the plant, it is barely surviving the zero humidity in my home this winter. I like the idea of putting some sedums in it.

I hadn't thought of this, till you brought up the succulent garden, but a couple years ago i bought a water fountain at a Garage sale. I never was happy with having to plug it in/unplug it, keep it filled with water, clean it, take it apart for the winter. So, last year I decided to use all the parts seperatly. The base I made into a planter, ie. put a hole in the bottom. The bears on top are a garden decoration. and the water basin I used for succulents. :o)

Here is a picture of the water basin right after I planted it, it had filled out nicely by the end of the summer. You can see the base of the water fountain behind the water basin, tipped over. I'm afraid it didnt' make a very good planter for a regular plant. It didn't hold water well, maybe I will put a succulent or cactus in it.