Gardening Tips-My Funky Flower Pots Bring Style to My Garden

I have some new funky flower pots to replace the old worn ones. This year when I arrived at the cottage, I realized that the flower pot I've had for years had disintegrated from years of sun damage. I needed to plant my summer cottage garden, but we are way out in the Canadian wilderness, with no real places to shop for things like flower pots. So I decided to look online and discovered a large selection of planters with very unusual designs. I found quite a few.

I decide to order these funky flower pots to replace my old one. You see, I plant a flower garden and a vegetable garden each year at our summer home in Northern Ontario. We love to dine on the fresh vegetables we grow, and the flower enhances the looks of the outdoors. We also generally eat outdoors with our extended family, which meets up here every summer.

Everyone was intrigued by the new planters and the growing vegetables and flowers. I had a hard time deciding which flower pots to buy. So I decided to mix planters to add some interest to our outdoor dining space. The flowers seem especially beautiful this year, and the vegetables have also been delicious. We seem to have lettuce every day. I can't tell you how exciting it is to eat lettuce in our salad that was grown by me. I know it's fresh, and I know added chemicals have not been added to our food.

The planter has been a natural decorative feature, and many of our friends and relative have commented on how beautiful everything looks. I am excited and plan to plant more next year, and I will choose some more funky planting containers to add interest to our yard. Also, I think I will look for more head planters next year. The plants become the hair on the head planter, and I think it would be nice to have a wider variety next summer.

Plant receptacles come in all forms, dimensions, and structures; I have an expansive selection of funky store-bought and handmade planters. You will never be short of choices using recycled metal and plastic receptacles. My containers are great for exhibiting flowers in my garden and patio. Growing vegetables in planters are one of the easiest ways to garden. Start by going to your recycling bin and finding a large container for your planting. Recycled materials have a lower impact on the environment.

What are the advantages of recycled planters?

• Uniquely attractive– the distinctive recycled quality adds personality to your yard.
• A free way to express creativity – recycling old things and constructing revived use for them demonstrates your artistic talents.
• Eco-friendliness –is also a manner of introducing youngsters to DIY and creating usefulness for worthwhile endeavors.

Choose containers such as wooden boxes, dresser drawers, metal cans, and glass jars. You want to ensure the container will be large enough to contain the plant throughout the growing season. If you have a limited container supply, you can always shop at a secondhand shop for inexpensive objects for your garden. I like to use glass and ceramic containers with chips or cracks, which I turn to the back, so the blemishes are not visible.

I am always looking for the most excellent way to recycle. First, use disposable goods as plant containers! For example, milk pitchers and 2-liter soda bottles make superior dwellings for your plants. All you need to do is trimmed off the top portion of the container; cleanse it thoroughly with hot soap and water; create several little holes for drainage; load it with earth, and cultivate your seeds. As any home recycler will tell you, although these receptacles are made to be used and tossed away, they're not readily biodegradable and can be reused for numerous years in your garden.

If you have children or grandchildren, you can have them decorate these containers for a more decorative look. Make sure you use paint specially designed for plastic or glass. You can glue rocks, pieces of glass, or plastic into mosaic designs. Use jeweler's glue for long-term adhesion. I find E 6000 holds up even in the most extreme weather.