Creative Gardening 101
I have an old tomato cage that had been used for an ivy to climb, but the poor thing died after one too many moves. I had an inspiration one night, to turn the cage upside down, put landscape fabric around the bottom division, then add some support with chicken wire. Then I could fill it with potting soil and plant something climbing in it. I imagined a nice triangle-tower thing covered with greenery and flowers. Sounds cool, right?
Translating inspiration to execution wasn’t as easy as I’d thought. Of course it wasn’t; when is it ever?
- So I finally got the landscape fabric on, which looked like this:
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Meant to take pics of the intervening stages, but got involved and forgot. Didn’t help that I finished it in the wee small hours last night. I had planned to use Thunbergia, but the seeds never sprouted. The morning glory, however, did sprout, as did a nasturtium. I took it outside today to plant. I’m hoping the morning glories will fill in enough to cover the admittedly ugly tower, so that all you see is greenery and flowers.
- Here are two pics.
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You’re probably wondering about the soda bottle. I would, too. It’s an experimental (ie, on the cheap) drip irrigation thingy I dreamed up while trying to figure out the best way to water my “Flower Tower.” I’ll post about that separately, soon.
This is an amazing website. I have heard of blogs but never knew what they were. They are obviously a diary but with pictures. I saw the tomato cage device the other day and asked you about the water bottle. I didn’t realize it was a tomato cage but thought it all went into a pot of some sort. You have some unique ideas. Thank you for the links on container gardening. I guess it doesn’t take several acres to create a garden after all. Glenn
Hey, thanks for stopping by! And for the nice comment. If you start exploring the blogs I’ve linked to on my blog, as well as some of the other links, you’ll find tons of good information.
Yea, a blog is essentially a journal or diary, but for me, it’s a way of keeping track of what I did in the garden, so I remember what worked and what didn’t. Helps me keep from making the same mistake more than once. Plus it’s fun!
Again, thanks for visiting!