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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

MILK GARDEN

Remember this garden bed I was working on?
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The plants have finally grown in in my “milk garden”, so I can show what the finished flower bed looks like.
IMG_0874The idea is that the milk can has tipped over and spilled out the “milk”; in this case, plants. In keeping with the theme, I also have my “Ice Cream Sundae” totem in front of the Planter Bench made from an old metal bed frame.
IMG_0879 For the milk, I planted some Nettle, which is a perennial, but because they won’t fill in for a couple of years, so I filled in with Dusty Miller, which is an annual in my area. The Dusty Miller is much whiter than the Nettle.
From Pinterest
From Pinterest
This was the inspiration for my garden bed, but I wanted to use white foliage plants instead of flowers, so that the effect would be long lasting. I suppose if I wanted to spend tons every year on annuals, I could have gone with flowers, but I just can't justify that cost.
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I had a milk can that I was no longer using as a plant holder, so it came to this garden bed. In the inspiration photo, they used a much smaller can, so I can see where they could get away with less cost on the flowers. I left the can as well as the bench rusty and peeling paint.
IMG_0873There is flat stone around the garden bed, so I can mow right up to it. In the non-milk area, I have planted Ajuga, but it will be a while before that fills in, so I covered the bare areas with wood chips. Underneath this all is heavy plastic from a silage bag, with the white side up. I guess, once the plants filled in, it didn’t really make much difference if it was black or white, but before the white blended a little better. Behind the planter bench, I planted Dahlia bulbs. They won’t flower for another month or so, but they should get at least as tall as the back of the bench and will have dark red flowers. It is a very beautiful Dahlia that I’ve grown for years.
I am pleased with how it turned out.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Plant Stand For The Summer

Remember the PLANT STAND I made out of a coffee table and end tables last fall?

I gave it a mini makeover for the summer, now that the plants are outdoors.

Here’s what it looks like now:

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I removed all the plants to outside for the summer…

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Rearranged the gardening magazines and books…

 

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Switched out candles for the garden tools I had in these vases…

 

 

 

 

Shifted some of the other knickknacks I had on it…

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And added a couple of other things from other parts of the room.

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Not a bad look if I do say so myself. IMG_0863

IMG_0865 I actually think it looks better than with all my plants on, but alas, the purpose is for plants during the winter.

 

 

 

 

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