I does what I like and I like what I do!
So what do I do?
With a chimney top that flew
Right off the roof?
First, I suggest you replace that chimney top! Phew!
Now that you have taken care of business, let's see what we can do with that old chimney top, shall we?
First: stare at your chimney top for a bit:
From all angles!
Wow! Isn't that rust soo beautiful? If only I could "fix" it and then simply hang it from something. Something very heavy and sturdy.
I could do that, but I was too hungry to do anything heavy.
So...
I could pad up the sides with cardboard from old packing boxes
Then dig up some soil from the yard. In may case, it was Earthworm Central and I couldn't insert the trowel without catching a good number. Here is one of them that did not want to quit! And he was the thinner ones too!
Now, to find a plant. Not hard. Several of my plants have not yet made it to their permanent homes, thanks to my unparalleled procrastination skills.
This guy, in a pot too small for him, is one example:
Once I have some more time, I plan on making some small holes on the sides of the planter and sticking some succulents in it! Or even creeping thyme or something
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So what do I do?
With a chimney top that flew
Right off the roof?
First, I suggest you replace that chimney top! Phew!
Now that you have taken care of business, let's see what we can do with that old chimney top, shall we?
First: stare at your chimney top for a bit:
From all angles!
Wow! Isn't that rust soo beautiful? If only I could "fix" it and then simply hang it from something. Something very heavy and sturdy.
I could do that, but I was too hungry to do anything heavy.
So...
I could pad up the sides with cardboard from old packing boxes
Then dig up some soil from the yard. In may case, it was Earthworm Central and I couldn't insert the trowel without catching a good number. Here is one of them that did not want to quit! And he was the thinner ones too!
Now, to find a plant. Not hard. Several of my plants have not yet made it to their permanent homes, thanks to my unparalleled procrastination skills.
This guy, in a pot too small for him, is one example:
Every bend in the plant corresponds to when it got too hot and I neglected to water it!
And here is the "chimney pot" after I watered the poor thirsty plant! It would look lovely sitting on something concrete, but I am too tired now to haul it up to the front yard and set it up all pretty!
Once I have some more time, I plan on making some small holes on the sides of the planter and sticking some succulents in it! Or even creeping thyme or something
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
4 comments:
love the recycling!
you is awesome : you alwaaays make me smile .Smart thinking is beautiful in action.
But won't the cardboard rot ?
It will rot Varsha. Especially since I put in a few earthworms, but it will just make the soil that much better. It will take a couple of years, by then this plant will go it its permanent home, so I may fill the sides with something a little more permanent before I change what goes inside!
Thanks, Deepak!
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