I just cannot be normal. I refuse to purchase normal pots from WalMart to put my summer beauties in. Well, unless they are on serious clearance and big enough to repot an inside plant in. Instead I am like a scavenger when thrifting and at yard sales trying to find items large enough to put plants in.
At my Thrift Store, I call it mine because it's the one I frequent, two weeks ago I looked up to the top of a long clothing rack where they display kitchen glassware at one and and pots and pans at the other, and spotted a big pot. I darted, and I mean darted, towards it, picked it up and immediately admired it's size, age, nice wooden handle and it's price wasn't bad either at six dollars. Six dollars is a tad high but it is a good sized pot that a lovely summer geranium would soon call home.
This spring and summer I ask you to venture out. To break out and find something unusual to plant something wonderful in. Take the kitchen outside, take the laundry room outside, take the bathroom outside (ok not like that!) I am going to show you how to take an old stock pot and turn it in to a planter and also give you more ideas of things you can look for to plant in from the last couple of years.
First select the pot to plant in.
If it has no possible way to drain water you're going to have to make this happen.
If the pot is thin enough, or has rust holes already, simply use a hammer and nail to make the hole. Sometimes you have to use a drill and drill bit.
Line the bottom of your pot with gravel or rocks then top it with potting soil.
It helps to insert the pot your plant comes in into the dirt to get the correct size hole. Then easily remove the plant, dirt and all, from the pot and insert it into the hole that you made.
Fill all around the plant with potting soil and top with mini chunk mulch to help keep the soil moist.
Give your new plant in it's new pot a good drink of water and a smooch of good luck!
Here are some other items I have found are fun to plant in.
Old chip can. Used the lid on a bird feeder.
Large, enamel bowl. It already had thin rusty spots so it was easy to knock holes in. The chair... came with no seat. I did spray it pink. When you're single you can paint anything island pink. Shaun doesn't go for pink so much :)
Yes, it's a hospital pee pot. And I did clean it first :) (enamel pot planted in in the background)
This lovely Pyrex nesting bowl I bought at a yard sale and luckily it already had a hole in the bottom. Who the heck would get rid of this?
This, I thought, was a good idea. I did have a bit of trouble cutting the matting to line it with but it finally worked and did great all summer. Not bad for a twenty five cent old kitchen basket at a garage sale!
Good luck and send me picks of things that you find to plant in! I'd love to see the great ideas!
