Succulent Garden Project

With all the activities around our house. .there hasn't been much time for gardening, let alone blogging.

I mentioned last week, that Missy and I found some fun things on our antiquing trip. .and I was finally able to work on my project late last week.

One of the vendors at the flea market was selling little succulent plants. .all different kinds. Some were really unusual. .to us anyway.

Succulents..for you non-gardening folk. .

are plants that are easily sustained with little water. .

They also love heat. .

Think Desert Plants

The guy had his succulents all fixed up in different antique vessels. .creating small and interesting tabletop gardens. As our inner wheels started turning. .Miss and I started selecting the ones we liked.

On my list for the day, was to find two small succulents to put in the terra cotta pots with wire cages that you see above. But. .with all the choices. .I COULDN'T stop at JUST two plants!! When I got home that night, I looked around and found that I had THREE antique angel food cake pans. .one from my grandma. .one from J's grandma. .and one that came in a box of stuff I won at an auction. .

Perfect vessel for a tabletop succulent garden!

Watch and see!!

Thursday night was the first chance available to work some creativity.

I put a little cypress mulch at the bottom of all of the containers. .to take up space and create some drainage area.

Then I arranged my new jewels on top of the mulch. .changing their placement around the pan until I was satisfied. Finally. .I added pea gravel around the little plants. .not adding any more soil. .just rock.

Of course, I ended up with a few more plants than I could fit in my containers. .so I scavenged for a few more. The above succulent was too big for my tube pan. .but it looks really cool in this little white gravy bowl in my kitchen window. And the 4 year old plants he had for sale looked REALLY cool. .like little trees!! My plant is 2 years old.

The wire planter turned out good too!! I moved my shamrock out of the north kitchen window and put this there. You might notice (I didn't until the other day) that the back plant in the left pot has a bud on the top of it. I think it is some type of living stone. .like the ones I planted outside. It will have a peach bloom on it very soon. .like in the next couple days!

Finally. .My favorite arrangement. .

was the one in the tube pan!!

Aren't they the coolest little guys EVER??

Now, once a week, I'll give the plants each a little drink. .and they should just do great!!

Plants weren't the only things I came away with. .

I found this adorable little red kitchen cart at the antique mall to bring home. .and it turns out. .it was JUST the place for my little succulent gardens!

Now is a great time to try making one for yourself. .

All the nurseries and plant sellers have different and cool succulents ready to go at this time of the year.

Let your imagination run

W-I-L-D

and enjoy

your

CREATIVE

side!!

Have a great week!

Be blessed. .

and stop back

SOON!