Is it exciting to be able to plan things that might actually happen? Or is it more frustrating that you've had to wait so long? Well, good luck!!!!
xxx, Carrie
FOUND ART - what junk do you use for containers?
Shirley~
Finally got around to checking out your Katrina pictures. Wow. I'm actually speechless, which is unusual for me.
May I ask about your Gaura? It's one I've been thinking about for a long time. Do you recommend it?
Still speechless... Carrie
Yes definitely get you some gaura in the spring.... do not worry about what it cost... because.... It roots easily from cuttings... and will come back in zone 8b outside... It likes to stand alone with lots of room to sprawl and blow in the breeze it is awesome long blooming.. great in a cottage garden like setting.. It will grow large with good growing conditions... mine was in sun in the morning and shade in the hot afternoon. I am glad you looked at the pics ....now you know why I did not do much gardening this year... I was too busy cleaning up debris and raking all the crude left from removal.. and just plain maintaining what I had cleaned... I got the last branch out yesterday... every tunder storm brings down another weak limb on those large magnolia trees... I just pray that was the last one... shirleyt
Thanks, Shirley. Hey, good job on all that awful cleanup - give yourself a hug, or at least a pat on the back! And I still want to know: are we invited to the housewarming or what?
xxxx, Carrie
We have no plans set for a house warming yet since we are not in....but when it happens I will let you know..You can Jeanie yourself on down...Its just a 36 hour driving time drive ...... and I will cook you seafood gumbo.... how does that sound??? I have spent time in Milton.... DH did the finesse grading of the areas for condos there in the late 80's . We used to go for drives and he would show me what he was working on... He does not remember the address just that it was in Milton, and other places in the area. We lived at the 9 20 motel and my son worked on the shopping center behind it when it was going in.. I used to love to go shopping there and waste a whole afternoon just roaming... Those were my do nothing days... .. We then moved to Middleton back to 9 20 back to Middleton and then to the Berkshires then back to Middleton and then home.. We were on the move for five years. It was such fun...There was a pizza place that we loved in Marlborough . Every where we went except the Berkshires I worked... my job was always ready for me when I came back.... they were always glad to see me walk in the door... and back to work I went.... My bosses said I did more work in ten minutes than there other workers did all hour..... I miss the snow and the leaves....I know tmi.... sorry.
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Actually you'd better be careful, because I AM a jeanie or genii or whatever - my DH works for jetBlue, and I'm not sure if we fly Boston-New Orleans they probably fly like NYC - Baton Rouge or something. Don't worry about tmi - I gripe about my X all the time which is WAY tmi. I love seafood but does gumbo mean spicy?
Now... which condos were built in the late 80's and probably sold for 130% of what they sold for in 1995 or maybe they've earned back 102% by now - Real estate really crashed around here at the end of the 20th century. We bought our 1st house in 1987 for $150K and sold it for $95K in 1994.
xxxx, Carrie
oh carrie I a am sorry what a loss. That is when we were there..... Things were dead when we left here and booming there.... My DH kept saying this cannot last they are over building these people are going to lose there shirts buying these condos at this inflated price... but they were selling like hot cakes.. lots of money to be had and then all of a sudden it was like turning off a water spout... his company started selling his machine out from under him and moving him to a smaller one and small jobs instead of big ones.... we knew we would be going home soon... they just shut the big job in the Berkshires down because the company was not being paid for work done... I googled that site and the proposed homes were never built...... but for us it was a great five years the kids were raised and own there own and we had that time all couples want before they get too old to enjoy it ... We also did a stint in Baltimore and one in Texas... I had never traveled before so it was great for me.... The DH is from New York and has lived all over the East Coast.... Finally made it to La met me and could not leave this southern girl. 46 years and still going strong....starting all over thanks to Katrina...lol oh my Gumbo is to my taste not too spicy.... I let the ones who like it really hot add there own hot sauce.... lol....I want it like I want it mild so I can taste the shrimp and crab not the hot....
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Well it turned out OK because we bought the next house at a fraction of its value, which it has since regained and more. It was way inflated and then it popped and then we've slowly normalized, or at least normal for an inflated area, lol.
xxxx, Carrie
wow how smart was that.... I am not sure I would have thought to do that... I am impressed... I wondered how you could overcome that problem... thanks for sharing that... DH was really worried about the people who bought at that time... I can tell him your story maybe others did that too.....Shirley
I think that real estate is a good long term investment, but not a short term one. If you're living in your investment, it doesn't matter how much it's worth, does it? We have improved our current house for ourselves, not with an eye toward resale, and we plan to live in it for the rest of our lives. LOL My kids can figure out its resale value then. :>)
All Right Ms. Carrie ~ this one is for you.
This is a vintage egg basket, rubber coating worn and rusty in spots. It welcomes you to my front door with a small Leyland cypress that is circled by pansies. They should bloom the winter thru here. I have tried to get a decent photo but the lighting isn't good this time of year.
Thought you might like to see your fun thread revived. How's that for a bump!
Pod, how pretty! Bump, indeed. Carrie
Love this thread! I know it began back in July, but I just came across it now. Love all the creative ways you folks display your plants. I will put a plant in any kind of container I can find available that will hold a plant! I have a very old galvanized milk can that has finally rusted through the bottom, but it has a pot sitting in it with spider plants in it. I will have to dig up that photo to post later! Here's an old purse back from the early 70's that I found in the closet last year, and stuck a plant in it!
Lin
My neighbor uses plastic milk and egg crates. Those plastic 1 foot square ones you can find everywhere. She lines them with a couple heavy black garbage bags and plants tomatoes. They actually look quite nice in a row.
She leaves the entire bag and wraps it tight around the bottom of the tomato plant to keep out weeds and moisture in. It the fall she chops up the tops mixes them into the soil and closes up the bag allowing the material to compost.
In the spring she used new bags.
Great idea Ah_Hoya! Thank you neighbor for us. I have some of those containers and never thought of using them.
Cute purse Lin, I'm guessing the plant is still in the pot? Do you remove it to water?
I do like to look back thru the old threads. There is an occasional one worth reviving and this one was fun... Glad you joined in.
Pod: Yes, the Pothos plant is in a pot and the pot just stuck down in the old purse! I was going to fill the inside of the purse with soil and just plant directly into it, but just never got around to it! I just water it with the hose when I'm watering everything else! The purse is all cotton and washable, and I washed it this past summer for the first time in a long while. It's holding up pretty good, being out in the weather and all, which is surprising!
Lin
That is a great idea! I like the part where you chop up the remains of the plant and tie the bag over it to make compost. I was just looking at a pot of frostbitten impatiens thinking how I'd have to compost the plant parts and put the dirt part into maybe the wheelbarrow to mix it up fresh with some new ingredients, but to do that all in one step - magnificent!
xxx, Carrie
My mother had several concrete birdbaths which we kids kept when she died. They aren't the greatest for holding water for more than a day around here in the summer anyway, so last year I planted 'Creeping Charlie' in one and set it in partial shade near the pond. It really looked great once the fronds started spilling over the edges to the ground. Unfortunately I don't have a photo, but I'll definitely have this in my garden again this year.
Glad someone bumped this thread. I don't have time to visit all the forums, but it's fun to start planning for this spring/summer season.
Elaine
Elaine ~ I agree, this is a fun thread and thank you for the bump. Plantings in the birdbath is a cool idea. I would love to see a picture in the future. If it rains, it won't bother those plants by holding too much water?
Podster, it didn't seem to bother mine. I had it under some large trees, so that probably protected it from getting really drenched, but the concrete is so porous, it evaporated or drained quickly. I've not trimmed the brown fronds (part lazy and part didn't get around to it), so I'll try to make some photos this week and post. It really did look cool, and you could do something similar with another tall planter or something on a pedestal.
I'm so glad I started this thread... very interesting.
xxxx, Carrie
Ms Carrie ~ Thank you for the thread! Your first post said this wasn't a great year ~ in looking back at it do you still feel that way? pod
ELAINE; I HAVE A COUPLE OF OLD POROUS BIRD BATHS ALSO. I PROP THEM UP ON BRICKS OR 4 X 4'S (TO ALLOW 1ST TIER SPILLOVER), THEN I PUT A LARGE POT IN THE CENTER OF THE BB, THEN I ADD A SMALL POT IN THE CENTER OF THE LARGE ONE. THEN LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN FREE. THE BIRD BATH ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE 'OOHHHHHH' CATCHERS IN MY GARDENS. THEY ARE SUCH FUN. SORRY I AM PHOTO CHALLANGED.
I meant, it wasn't a great year for annuals in the wheelbarrow! It still wasn't. Now NEXT year, since I'm WSing all my annuals, I'll be able to stuff that wheelbarrow full in April.
xxxxxx, Carrie
I just came back to Dave's after some time off. Ran into this thead and I'm so glad. I love finding old treasures to plant in. Found an old chair someone put out for trash man, snared it and brought it home to put potted plant in and put under weeping willow tree with big birdbath. Everyone on here has such great ideas.....Peg
Carrie: I am so glad you started this thread too! I just joined DG the beginning of October and Just LOVE this Garden .... what a wonderful guy Dave is to have begun this website! I love gardening in container's of any kind! My hubbby has a wheelbarrow I have been waiting adopt. It's just an old metal one with a few rust spots, but I would love to get ahold of it for my plants! I've even left it out in the rain a few times to help the rust process along! LOL. I may end up buying him a new one this year, just so I can take posession of the old one! Many years ago a friend was re-modeling one of their bathrooms and took out an old HEAVY tub that I wanted so bad for the yard, to plant in. My hubby vetoed that idea though ... he thought I was nuts! Our friend offered to deliver it to me! I have an old tin/metal milk can that a friend gave me. I used to pot directly into it, but the bottom rusted out totally, so now I just sit a pot in the top and it looks good, especially with a plant trailing over the sides.
Hope folks will keep posting their photo's of all their containers with plants, common ones or unusual, quirky ones ... whatever. I LOVE it!
Lin
Hi Daiseycat. I like that idea of putting another pot in the center of the birdbath. Now I'll have to go find another place to put a birdbath, LOL! You are right about the comments. Everyone asked about my birdbath plant last summer and fall when we had guests.
Sorry I still haven't found the time to get out and make a picture of mine, but it's drab looking right now anyway.
"Drab" is depressing right now to think about but the ideas will give us inspiration shortly! Looking forward to it and like Ms Carrie, I'm looking forward to April. pod
It's funny, Poddie [you don't mind if I call you Poddie, do you?], but other than that I thought it was a cute idea for a thread, I never really featured myself a container person. I mean yes, they're much easier to handle and no bending, and you can regulate the water to some degree and the sun, moving in or out of, but I never thought of the container itself, not the stuff in the container, as being that important. Except that it mattered, and I had a hard time finding ones I liked. And when I made pots, in another life (like under 20 years old). I was always trying to make the perfect hanging planter.
xxxxx, Carrie
Hiya Ms. Carrie ~ Poddie here... ( don't mind in the least ) I prefer that to being ignored! I think the popularity of your thread is everyone might have one or two neat planter ideas to share. We get ideas from others and bounce our thoughts off each other. Great fun! I lean toward pots/containers as I am basically lazy. I hate to make new flower beds, hate to spend money for improving the soil when I could buy plants or seeds instead. I hate to waste time and water on big beds and can control that in pots much easier. I also find that if a spot in a bed needs filling in with green or color, a pot can be placed there easily. All in all it is a fun thread, thanks... pod
How about interesting indoor containers? I hasten to add, I don't have any myself to offer, just the idea, but as we all know, an idea is the first step.
xxx, Carrie
Nope, nothing unique here either... pod(die)
Hey Podster I got the sink to go with your potty........
Here is my planted sink next to one of hubbys buildings. I love old or odd containers...Pauletta
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Hi, i really like the sink planter...when we re-do our bathroom i will have a blue pedestal sink & toilet available for planters :-)
lynda
Lynda ~ what colors are you planning to plant in the blue fixtures? I am soooo confused at what I want to put in the bidet...
Lilyhostaky ~ that is a beautiful display in the sink. Please tell me what all you have growing there. I need "bidet" ideas.... : ))
Pod,
I, personally, think the bidet calls for lots of cascading plants. But I think everything calls for lots of cascading plants!
xxx, Carrie
Podster
Thank you...
I have in my sink
Purple Stonecrop Sedum " Bertrum Anderson"
Stonecrop Sedum "Murale"
Creeping Jenny
I have really enjoyed this thread, glad it was brought back up.
I have another picture or two if I can find them.
Pauletta