Standing on the patio, looking towards the shady corner and the back of the garage, it occurred to me that I needed something of interest adding height. Look at that expanse of emptiness and brown siding... plants are obviously needed!![]()
The fence behind the shade pavilion has plenty of plant interest...
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So I got to thinking, and scheming. The answer definitely included another* trashcan lid, but this one needed to hang, and not horizontally like you saw in yesterday's post, but vertically, against the garage. Luckily I happened to have one on hand, ready to go! (picked up last summer for just $1)...
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*another = because there are two already there, perched on top of a pair of galvanized cylinders planted up with bromeliads (photo above).
Once I decided I wanted to use a trashcan lid I grabbed an old 3-pronged hanging pot thingamajig. I wrapped the three pieces of metal wire around the lid's handle and Andrew added a piece of wood behind the lid to keep everything sold and flat—that's what the two screws go into—so the lid wouldn't tilt forward when hung...![]()
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Then came the fun of planting it up! I'd saved this arctostaphylos branch thinking it was destined for something like this...
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... I made a couple of small holes to wire the branch into place. That way everything else (the plants) could just tuck in around the branch.
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I started tucking...
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I'm not thrilled with how the bottom part of the branch disappears, but then again, it's doing the job of keeping the plants, soil, and moss in place.
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Done and getting watered in...
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Well almost done. I took advantage of a recent sale on the Bird Rock Tropical's website (hey my birthday is coming up... I kinda had to) and there's a Portea nana on it's way which will be tucked in above the Dichondra argentea
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Here's the whole thing in place... I love it.
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Will I be able to stop at just one? Probably...maybe...(we'll see...).
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