Saturday, July 12, 2014

Handling Tulips & Dog 'Business' in the South.

She doesn't ask for much.  Her backyard is tiny, she has a beloved large dog, mostly shade, a bit of sun.
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She wants a pretty little garden to look upon from her new screened porch, convenience for her dog's 'business', a few vegetables-herbs, and TULIPS.
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She's awaiting several surgeries: hips, knees.
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No mobility to be in her tiny garden.
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Full-time job.





5 shiny new galvanized garbage cans will hold her veggies-herbs-TULIPS, aka potager.
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Lined up in the sun.
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Everything in her garden designed for unskilled labor, at most 1/month.
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Drip irrigation to her galvanized garbage cans and newly planted shrubs.
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Old House Gardens, and, Brent and Becky's Bulbs are the sources I've given for her TULIP order.


Horticultural humor using the garbage can lids as plant saucers.
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I took the pics last year at James Farmer's store in Perry , GA.
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For Heidi, her dog, a wide gravel path curves thru the entire garden.  Fat gravel, is unable to lodge in a large dog's paws.  Easy to pick up Heidi's 'business' with a pet scooper.  Tulips are mostly annuals in the South, they perform best from containers.  Cannot wait to see which tulips she orders, I know she has a purple fetish.
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My design included the new screened porch and my team completed it earlier this year.  We are sourcing furnishings now.  Yes, we are having fun !
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3 comments:

Connie in Hartwood said...

I will absolutely use this idea one day!! I have a perfect vintage galvanized trashcan that will be a super container! Question ... what type of media/soil did you use in them?

Jean Campbell said...

Garbage can lids on stacks of flag stones make good bird baths, too. Under a barely dripping faucet there's clean water all the time and mosquitoes are discouraged.

David C. said...

I really, really like the concept for a nice place to look at, compact like this. It's looking good so far.

Why do we make things so hard? (asking myself - now motivated on some of my designs)