Hi Chris, I love the autumn colour in your garden and the colourful leaves are the best of all!! Unfortunatetly, I have no colourful trees that can boast their autumn-ness. But I do have a post that you might like. Remember when you came to visit and we both looked at the wheel barrow in the front garden – left there after the big tree planting. And we BOTH liked the idea of an old wheel barrow full of flowers….. well!
I do have a rusty old wheel barrow and I filled it with poppy seeds. So I hope to have a Barrow of Blommies (flowers for our non-South African friends) soon. I see the little heads already pushing through. I threw a few in the garden as well to bring some colour to the grass area. I used Californian Poppies and the Blue Corn Flower, so this will be so pretty when they are in full bloom. I found a few nice pics on the internet of them here ……. Happy Gardening xxx
[one_half]Californian Poppy-image from google[/one_half]
[one_half_last]Corn Flower-image from google[/one_half_last]
3 replies on “Recycled old barrow”
I think this will look gorgeous once they start growing!! I love poppies 🙂
I really like that idea! Although it may look a little barren right now, once the flowers come in — especially those on the ground — it will be fantastic!
Until the day comes when you’re working on the backyard and think “if I only had one more wheelbarrow…” and give a thoughtful look to this “new” planter. 😉
So right! This poor over-worked wheel barrow is more than happy to retire as a planter 🙂 I do have another one that is my work horse right now. But we look forward to the seedlings pushing through. I am a real ‘start from seed’ kind of gardener. I could have loaded it with new seedlings from the nursery but that’s not as much fun.