This picture today is from a "Sitting Pretty" class I took last week offered by our gardening club here in Big Bear.
This class was soo much fun. How do you do it? Easy Breezy as my friend Kim would say.
All you do is get a chair, take out the middle part, put chicken wire down, and staple it to the chair. Make sure the wire is deep for the growth of the plants. Get potting soil and perlite. Mix the two together (the perlite will hold moisture).
The host brought out baby diapers. Baby Diapers!!!! She said cut a couple of hole into the diaper and lay it on the bottom of the basket and it will asorb moisture too! What a great idea!!!!
Well withink 10 minutes I had my chair done and it came out sooo cute!! I was really proud of myself.
Total cost:
Chair: $15.00 I bought it at a Antique shop, but everyone else said they found theirs for free. I just didn't have time to "find" so I bought mine. It was already painted blue and the legs were shortened. PERFECT!
Dirt: $5.00 (You can find it cheaper) Remember I live far away from cheap.
Perlite: $3.99 will last me a LONG time!
Plants: Pony plants $3.99 (6 total) and one geranium @ $2.50
Moss: You can buy any type of decorative moss even from a craft store, I had some already.
Chicken Wire: I had some thanks to my chickens.
So, for start up cost around $29.00 is was well worth it! Next time it won't be a1/4 this amount. Maybe just for the cost of the plants. I can't wait to do more when I have time!
Let me know what you think....
This looks much better now that the plants have had a chance to grow. Love it!
This is what the class made, how cute is this!
Isn't the little one just adorable? She made it for her "fairy" garden. The red chair is actually metal, who knew??
2 comments:
Those are cute. Perfect for a country porch. :)
Thanks Kathryn for stopping by..love your blogs too. Good to see a fellow Big Bear Blogger!
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