Hi Sweetpea. I was thinking of a metal obelisk on your grass pushed into it. Not concrete. When I was totally skint, I did some mad things I suppose. I used one of those old card tables (like the grandfolks used to have). Found one near the rubbish bins. Took the table centre out, they used to have a baize covering, and screwed in wire hanging baskets. So I had trailing plants coming out from the underside of the table and had little pots on the top surround of the table. Yes, I was desperate at the time to use anything which could house plants. And, it could be moved around and the baskets taken off, folded up and put away taking up little space. Of necessity, I was a real cheapskate in those days.
Did you see that post re.free stuff ? Sorry I've forgotten the lady's name, Liz ? I have 2 white / cream clematis, apparently both ok for pots, Marie boussolet and guernsey cream, both new so haven' t flowered yet
The freegle one Rose? The Worcester one is fairly inactive, the freecycle one however is usually quite good, it's just getting to a post before it goes! It's given us so far two pallets for the lottie, and umpteen pots for potting on seedlings. Not too bad!
If you have a teeny weeny garden there was one featured on the Beechgrove BBC2 TV programme this morning. The programme was covering the Scottish equivalent of Chelsea and I was impressed by a 'circular' garden design that I thought would be really lovely in a small confined area. Worth a look.
It wouldn't be any good for your garden SweetPea as there was no lawn, but I thought it looked a really good design which could be incorporated into a bigger garden maybe. Ideas for when you move on to another property?
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Sweetpea just found this one on the internet, haven't got one, but think I might go and get one lol. Its called clematis bijou.
Hi Sweetpea. I was thinking of a metal obelisk on your grass pushed into it. Not concrete.
When I was totally skint, I did some mad things I suppose. I used one of those old card tables (like the grandfolks used to have). Found one near the rubbish bins. Took the table centre out, they used to have a baize covering, and screwed in wire hanging baskets. So I had trailing plants coming out from the underside of the table and had little pots on the top surround of the table. Yes, I was desperate at the time to use anything which could house plants. And, it could be moved around and the baskets taken off, folded up and put away taking up little space. Of necessity, I was a real cheapskate in those days.
Those chantilly ones look perfect for what I want! Thank you!
And thanks for the tips everyone else! Everyone seems to find these wonderful skip finds, and there's no skips around me! Grr!
Did you see that post re.free stuff ? Sorry I've forgotten the lady's name, Liz ? I have 2 white / cream clematis, apparently both ok for pots, Marie boussolet and guernsey cream, both new so haven' t flowered yet
The freegle one Rose? The Worcester one is fairly inactive, the freecycle one however is usually quite good, it's just getting to a post before it goes! It's given us so far two pallets for the lottie, and umpteen pots for potting on seedlings. Not too bad!
If you have a teeny weeny garden there was one featured on the Beechgrove BBC2 TV programme this morning. The programme was covering the Scottish equivalent of Chelsea and I was impressed by a 'circular' garden design that I thought would be really lovely in a small confined area. Worth a look.
thanks for the reminder, watched beechgrove a couple of weeks ago, and liked it, so will return to it.
It wouldn't be any good for your garden SweetPea as there was no lawn, but I thought it looked a really good design which could be incorporated into a bigger garden maybe. Ideas for when you move on to another property?
Hi Sweetpea, couldn't find the label, but will have another look tomorrow. sorry.