General Discussion & Chat: 2010 Sistahs reunion at Cookies..the memories! #1, 1 by joycet

joycet wrote:
Well, Betty, we did the inside of our vessels. My friend used a fairly large plastic bowl she got at the $$ store. So it was just a matter of picking it up and putting it in the trunk. Now some of the ladies did leaves. That will be one of my next projects as I've not done that before. Now that I've seen someone do it, it will be easier to do. When I first started doing troughs I tried to do the outside of a bowl. The stuff just didn't want to stay on it. Kept sliding off...maybe my mixture was too thin...not sure. They say about the consistency of brownie batter. They also used a recipe that I haven't used before. It didn't have any peat moss in it, and mine calls for that. This seemed to sit up faster than what I use. It had sand in it, and mine doesn't call for sand. They also used vermiculite and perlite, and mine only calls for perlite. I will mist mine for several days to make sure it cures right and gets really hard. You also need to give it time for the lime from the cement to leach out so it doesn't damage your plants when you plant it. I've had the little fairy garden one above for over 10 years. Leave it outside planted and it does great. When we lived next door I planted thyme in it and before long the trough was lost. It just spread and covered all the edges. So this past Spring (after a trip to Joan's house), I redid it. I'm pleased with the way it turned out this time.