How do you display your plants?
shellini521
8 years ago
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Creatively displaying plants...how do YOU do it?
Comments (11)I can't really display my plants because of light reasons. I just have to smoosh them up against the window and hope for the best. Honestly I don't even see a good number of them for most of the week because they're behind closed blinds. Actually I think my worst-displayed plant is the Pedilanthus. It was braided around some plastic stake that I can't get out of it, ever, and is also topheavy and growing at a weird angle because of said stake. So I have it flopped over on its side behind my NIP. The parts that get light are growing normally and look fine although the pink variegation isn't showing up. I should get a picture of it actually. Maybe get some advice on what to do with it short of a complete disassemble-and-reroot....See MoreHow do you plant your trees ? Do you excavate 'luxury pits' ?
Comments (20)Quite a nice bit on that -- hammer drill? When I first started doing gardening here, I spent $100 (with discounts and coupons) on the lowest quality Harbor Freight demolition hammer (like a mini jack hammer, but can be hand held). It acts a little funny (won't engage easily sometimes) but I've put many hours on that thing and it was WELL worth it as renting one would've been $70 for the day. It tears apart the rock-hard hard pan. My hard pan cannot be broken with a pick axe; the first time I tried was hilarious. I had padded gloves, safety gear, lifted the axe overhead and let loose a full-body powered swing onto the pan (I love to chop wood and I've broken up sidewalk with a sledge and pick, so I know how to "power chop"). Well, my attempt was less than successful as there was a loud CLANG and with it a giant spark! The smallest little dent was made the size of a dime. My boys laughed as I put the axe down and tried to get feeling back into my still vibrating hands for the next couple minutes. Felt like I was in a Looney Tune cartoon. This picture is a section that was breaking off in chunks. The piece in my hand it turned over -- the pan to the right of my hand is more typical....See MoreHow do you display your mounted orchids?
Comments (3)Some can be wedged in pots, others have to hang. I have a PVC stand which I can adjust to various heights to suit the plant in question. I also have a clothing rack which can be disassembled and adjusted to various dimensions. Got it at 'Bed and Linens" ??? can't remember the name, it's a commom chain. For smaller plants fill the bottom 1/3 of an attractive wine bottle with sand, a stick plus hook and the thing can look good. I have a gigantic Dendrobium speciosum which has a dedicated stand which stands at the end of a table. Nick...See MoreHow do you display your glassware?
Comments (16)I have mine in an old French glass door cabinet. I still have to stain a couple of shelves so you will see that some are light in the cabinet, but the display works. Eventually this will all go in the butlers pantry but for now it's handy to have in the parlor next to the dining room. In our house guests get to pick their wine or drink glasses. Everyone has a lot of fun with this. I have several patterns of depression glass, crystal, fancy glass and even glass ware from the 50's and 60's, rarely more than six pieces of each type. I display them on shelves based on their use (champagne, cordials, wine, water, high/low ball and beer) and try to keep the pieces together on the shelf. I will take a couple of pics for you tonight but it's kind of dark in there so if they aren't great I'll come back and do more tomorrow for you if you want....See Moreshellini521
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