21-01-2005, 12:55 PM
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(paghat) wrote:
Garden supply stores and some craft shops sell "real" cloches, but
you probably have something in your kitchen that you can use as a
substitute. Find a vase or a large glass jar and turn it upside down
over the plant. The cloche will keep the moisture in and will act like
a tiny greenhouse. Place your cloche-covered plant on a south-facing
windowsill, but avoid long exposure to direct sunlight. A small button
fern would be an ideal plant to cultivate in this way.
I found that a two or three liter plastic soda bottle works just as well.
Just cut off the bottom, and voila'!
Plus a few used-tire planters & randomly scattered beer bottles to carry
the theme more broadly throughout the garden would be nice. Also, line up
some rocks along the driveway & paint them white. The inside of the
trailer should match the garden, so save your fancier-shaped whiskey
bottles, fill them with variously food-dyed colored water, & line them up
in the front room window as decorations.
Don't forget the pink flamingo. They are a real plus for a winter
garden. Also, no garden is complete without a gazing ball. Also,
instead of planting in shoes, in the winter you can plant in a pair of
Wellingtons and on snow shoes. No garden is complete without a snowman
in the middle, especially a styrofoam one.
Actually paghat, they were talking about house plants, not an outside
garden. This stuff may be a tripping hazard indoors.
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