My Turn - Pics and Link

15 years ago

Between Friday, Saturday and tonight I've been back to page 34 of this forum (and still have more to go!) - reading, getting to know the most creative people, looking at spectacular photos and following links.

Purplemoon, with her kind welcome to the board, had asked me about photos.

Tonight I thought it was only fair, since I've been looking at so many of yours, that I post some photos of my garden areas.

Keep in mind I am in the middle of reorganizing, transplanting, moving plants/planters/plant stands and all of my other garden treasures so I haven't taken recent pictures but what I have are from about a month ago.

I don't buy 'new' if I can help it --- planters, plant stands and any other garden decor has been either found while curb shopping or purchased cheaply at Yard Sales, Estate Sales, Goodwill or Salvation Army.

Most of my Iron pieces ( I love Iron pieces of any kind! Oh, and Rabbit statuary!) were found objects that were broken --had a broken area near a joint where a little weld fixed it right up.

I decorate with a lot of rock. They make great lifts and levels for raising pots and other garden treasures.

As I get things in order/transplanted/moved to their rightful place, I'll post more photos as I go along.

Thank you all who have posted photos of your incredible garden art and garden treasures.

I now have so much new inspiration I don't know where to begin first! LOL

Here are a couple pics and a link (I think) to my PhotoBucket.

Birdcage Planter.

Rusted out floor of birdcage, used sheet of acrylic and made new floor.

Some of the bars of the cage are broken but the fern filled up the cage and you can't even see the broken bars.

The back left leg of the cage was broken off so I used a planter/plant as a 'leg' and wedged up the birdcage.

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Very Old Planter.

Glass shelf was missing on the bottom-used a piece of acrylic and made new shelf.

A couple legs are broken, using wood blocks to stabilize the planter for now.

There was no bottom in the top basket so I criss-crossed heavy wire then laid a piece of acrylic on the wire.

Since most plants on the bottom shelf would get water-logged from watering the top basket, I filled the bottom shelf with a Bunny Painting on thick plywood, sprayed with 3 coats of clear sealer.

It's been almost 5 years now and the criss-cross wire and acrylic and the Bunny painting have held up well.

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to my PhotoBucket album

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Purplemoon
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
WooooHooooo, Amity, I knew I was going to love you joining our Junk Gang. You find the neatest things, and I love what you do with them. Plus you really spoke to my heart, LOL, when you said "rocks" and "rabbits".
Thank you for sharing photos with us. I can't wait to see more from you.
By the way, you said you were on pg 34 of old posts here...hope you started at the END and are working backwards. Cause the last page drops off and is gone forever as new pages get posted.

hugs, Karen
Bright199
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
WOW! did I say WOW!! Love what you've done soo far. Some wonderful treasures...and what painting!! You are very talented. Please keep the pictures comming.
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concretenprimroses
15 years ago
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Wonderful rock scaping! And hey aren't we all reorganizing and rearranging. I know I am al the time. Love the iron pieces and what you've done with them.
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jlily
15 years ago
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I loved looking at your garden pictures. Especially the birdcage-planter. I visited a lady's garden the other day that had doves in a bige cage and that was neat. Thank you for sharing.
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Purplemoon
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Amity, just added one of your photos... along with Shysue and laurastheme and yacheryl, to the Album. The way everyone is creating now winter is over, we should hit the 400 pg mark in the near future. WoooHooo.

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luvstocraft
15 years ago
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Amity, I enjoyed all your pictures. I loved your pavilion with the curtains and all your neat plants and plant holders, and that cute bunny in the bb, but what made me drool was your painting on that white fence. That is beautiful. Did you paint it and your bunny plaque? Excellent job! I'll have to post a link over on the Painting forum so they can come see your projects. Luvs
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15 years ago
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I am so jealous! I love that bunny painting! Everything is so pretty. But then I love old iron stuff too along with any rust. I love the idea that you think in terms of vertical and not just horizontal. For folks who live on small city lots, you have to make the most of the space you have. I think planting vertically makes a small garden look more lush and full. Great idea with the rocks! You will have to keep us up to date when your garden is in full bloom!
ladyamity
Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
PurpleMoon,
You are always so sweet, so complimenting to everyone here.
A real joy to read your posts and see your latest garden treasures!

Yep, Rocks, Rabbits and Iron -- That's Me! LOL
For years I'd tell my kids (when they were young) that we were going on a Family Fun Day.
Took them years to figure out Family Fun Day included collecting rocks from construction sites.
They were about 13-15 when they finally caught on but boy, for those 8-10 years prior, I got some beautiful rocks, stone, flagstone, cobblestone, and over the years I've made some great raised rock gardens, thanks to free labor. LOL

Nope. I started with page 4 and went backwards. Then I ran smack-dab into the album page and that's where I've been for the last two days. LOL

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Awwww Bright199,
That is just so sweet of you to say! Seriously. Means more than you know.
As I tell anyone who asks --- No, I'm not talented, just broke. *s*
Amazing what a lack of funds will inspire when it comes to 'makin' do with what ya got'.
Again, thank you so much for your kind words.
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CraftyLady,
Awwww---Thank you so very, very much!!!!!
I do take a lot of pride. Some days it seems that the only control I have in my world is control over my gardens. lol
My hubs says the gardens are what soothes the savage beasties in me.
I never looked forward to showing them to people, until I found this board.

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ConcretePrimroses,
Thank you so much! Is that what it's called ---rock scaping? Hm...I learn something new on this board every single time I visit--Love it!
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Jlily,
Thank you so very much! Oh, I'd love to have real birds, doves, outside.
The cooing sound they make is soothing.
All I get right now are large, fat pigeons that poop on my patio chairs.
And they don't even coo pretty. Just poop.
That's ok. it washes off easily enough. *s*
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LuvsToCraft,
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Yes, I did the painting on the fence.
It was a pretty lean (financial) Spring going into Summer and I so wanted color back there.
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There's a painting forum?
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luna_llena_feliz,
I am soooo loving this forum!
I tell ya, I've never felt so confident about my gardens, my T2T, my curb shopping finds as I have felt here over the last week.
And the inspiration!!!!
OMG, the inspiration -- I've spent until the wee hours of the morning going back pages and pages looking at all the creativity.
A modest tract home in S. Calif. doesn't leave one much space to garden. You're so right --- not a lot of space, go up! lol
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Purplemoon
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Amity, the gang here are great enablers...errr, I mean supporters. We are more than happy to do what we can to show the beauty of Garden Junk, and share ideas. Unfortunately most all of us seem to have family and friends who just don't get it. LOL. And there are lots of husbands who have perfected the sighing and eye-rolling as we go our merry way hauling home other folks castaways.
I have been on this forum several years, and love my invisible friends here, and STAY amazed at all the creativity and talent they have. And on the Conversations side, where we get to know more about one another, the caring and personal support when needed...well, it just shows even more how special these folks are. I can't praise them enough, and I am always thrilled when someone like you joins and realizes there's a LOT of us who share the same joy in garden junk. Beats the heck out of feeling weird and alone, LOL.

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