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Day 96 - You're Gonna Lichen These

These all natural sedum holders, I am told, were found by this Buffalo, NY homeowner and were proclaimed to be lichen found on an old tree.

What a happy little way to display a sedum collection!

Day 94 - We interupt your daily program....

... to bring you something that was too good to pass up. My friend Annie Haven (see her Website on the sidebar to your right) sent this link to me this morning and I thought, "This is the Mother of all container gardens!! I've got to share this." She found this on http://www.urbangardensweb.com/ and I am passing on the awesomeness. Does this deserve a spot here or what?! I'm thinking this is where they've buried Jimmy Hoffa.

World's largest hanging basket.
Check out the Utube video at the Urbangardensweb of the crew installing this container.

To My Darling Husband (and all the other garden widowers)

You are not alone.
I read this in No Dig Garden Blog and just had to pass it on. I'm thinking my husband must have written this, even though his name is not Peter and I'm not sure he knows anything about poetry.

My Wife the Gardener

~ Peter (poem found in old magazine)

She dug the plot on Monday
the soil was rich and fine,
She forgot to thaw out dinner
so we went out to dine...
She planted roses Tuesday
she says they are a must,
They really are quite lovely
but she quite forgot to dust.
On Wednesday it was daisies
they opened up with sun,
All whites and pinks and yellows
but the laundry wasnt done...
The poppies came on Thursday -
a bright and cherry red,
I guess she really was engrossed
she never made the bed...
It was violets on Friday
in colours she adores,
It never bothered her at all
all crumbs upon the floors
I hired a maid on Saturday
my week is now complete,
My wife can garden all she wants
the house will still be neat!
Its nearly lunchtime Sunday
and I cannot find the maid,
Oh no! I dont believe it!
Shes out there WITH THE SPADE!

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Day 92 - Not All Your Containers Need to Be Full of Soil

It's a new year and time to start thing outside the box... or just start thinking about being outside. I saw these water troughs and remembered hearing Rita Randolph say, "What do you get when you have a container without holes. You have a container water garden." These were at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Trial Gardens last summer.

Room to grow a whole assortment of water plants!

Day 97 - So What Did You Do With Your Old Bedpan?

Sorry, folks, this succulent collection was just too good to pass up - even if a good bit quirky.

Day 98 - Who Needs Flowers?

A foliage winter window box for zone 7b and below - Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata', (not quite sure the variety of these on the ends) Fern, Holly Fern, variegated Algerian Ivy. Wonderful summer shade window box for cooler climates.

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Day 93 - A Winter Container from 2007

Pyracantha koidzumii 'Victory, 'Goshiki' osmanthus heterophyllus variegatus (Variegated false holly), Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltoni' combine to make a year round or just evergreen winter container. EASY care, low watering needs but not one you want to cuddle up against. This is my favorite Pyracantha, which I generally am not too found of except for planting under teenagers' windows, because of the abundance of reddish orange berries.

A new year, especially a new decade, always gets me looking back before I start planning forward. Over the next few days I'll show a few containers from the last decade - some I've repeated and some not. Let me know what you think!