Spring is ALMOST here!
Almost...who knows. Last week I was in shorts putting down mulch. Sunday we had sleet and snow. Go figure.
Here I shared some tips for prepping for spring...it will be here before you know it!
If you plant in your beds, now is the time to compost and mulch. Empty and clean your pots. I have a pond to clean out and new sod to put down and a new fence to seal. But all that will happen over the course of MONTHS rather than weeks...getting old sure slows you down.
The only thing growing in my beds now are perennials! No more crawling around in the beds digging holes! I am a big advocate of container planting Over the years I have collected everything from clay and plastic containers to galvanized buckets and old tea crocks.
This little chair has been in my garage for months....
It had a rattan seat but it was busted...I could have replaced the rattan but I decided to do something a little different.
I turned it into a little planter....
I cut the hole in the seat a bit bigger, trimmed it with some scrap wood (old fencing boards!) added some little slats (again, scraps of wood) on the bottom with glue and nails....
...and then chalk painted it a bright yellow! Distressed and sealed and it is ready for a little potted plant!
This is what I mean when I say "think outside the pot." You don't have to plant everything in boring old clay pots. This was a simple little project that would be perfect for a porch or even stuck in the back of a flower bed somewhere.
Simple...
