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Garden feature cart wheel ?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    a1154 said:
    Very funny wild edges. I was trying for NOT naff.
    erm...they are 4 foot ish, metal not wood, existing paint a bit scruffy but not corroded. 
    I have to say, "naff" is the word I've been trying desperately NOT to use.
    Devon.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Well...me too. Picidae started it! 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    My finger was hovering over the keyboard poised to type ‘common’. Then I had a word with myself.
    Rutland, England
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    If you're stuck with naff at least go big with it :)

    Our neighbour when we were kids had a couple of cart wheels built into a stone wall as windows. I think they were just ones they had kicking about the farm though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    In a natural 'woodlandy' corner I could see them looking nice if 1/3 sunk in the ground, at slightly eccentric angles as if they 'just happened' to be there, with a small, choice clematis e.g cirrhosa clambering on them. Leave them with their old paint and aged appearance. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    I’m liking the eccentric angles idea. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Ah yes, the just dumped in the corner look, all farms have that,  old cars, bits of tractors, ploughs......
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    edited March 2019
    You could also fashion them into a plant support for floppy perennials... the type that disappear as the plants grow through. 

    Image result for perennial hoop supports



    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Hmm I wasn’t trying for the scruffy farm look either. On the other hand, I do have a sculpture made of tractor parts, so maybe I am! 
    I think they are too big for that Willdb. 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Just get bigger plants 😉
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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