You might remember that this spring/summer Kalissa and I both started fairy gardens. Â We started out strong and then my foot surgery and her pregnancy left us both a little fizzled out.
I kept my fairy gardens on the back patio. Â While I had my non-weight baring cast, I had trouble getting out there to tend it. Â Thankfully we had rain during that time and I didn’t need to worry about rain.
Mine I did so that I could take them into the house in the winter. Â I didn’t have a wheelbarrow or something cool like that so I did mine in pots. Â There are five pots. Â Each is a varying size and shape but all of the pots match. Â I got them on clearance so even though it was expensive, it wasn’t terrible and I love the look.
Kayla was home and she’s the plant lady..she loves plants and has gone on to take the Master Gardening classes as well. Â I asked her to help me trim them up and carry them to the basement. Â They were so overgrown that we could not see all the fairies anymore.
I told her in turn for helping she could take clippings of all of the plants. Â She didn’t start out clipping very heavily at all…then I told her to clip more and she got better.
Here she is clipping away….
I feel bad that I never really showed these off my this year. Â I really did get lots of enjoyment out of them even though they never were “finished”…then now I’m thinking about them and I think fairy gardens are supposed to be an ongoing project that never does get finished…kind of like decorating a house. Â We always seem to be adding or subtracting objects in our homes.
For now, they are going to the basement. Â I don’t have a good place for them here in the house proper. Â We have the egressed window in the basement and the pots are all there. Â I’m hoping they do okay then when spring comes they can come out and I can revive them.
Kayla went home with a bucket and a flat of trimmings. Â She says she’d love to grow and sell succulents. Â Those plants are really popular right now so hopefully she’ll find a market for them….if not, oh my, she’s going to have a jungle on her hands!!
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OH I like that! I bought a large low ceramic bowl this summer, and wasn’t sure what I’m going to do with it. I hope you post more about the fairy gardens in the spring, bc now I want to do that!!!! I do have an old toka truck that was in someone’s trash that I made a succulent garden out of. It’s having to find a winter parking zone too!.