The other day I wandered into Pier 1 to look at their clearance items and immediatelly noticed this:
They come in coral red or green (pinkish color in the pic is from bad lighting) and are going for $69.95. Whoa. That's a lot of dough to spend for a cool container - though to be fair I think it's meant to be used as a cold drink tub and stand for entertaining. Still a lot of dough and honestly about $50 of that is just for the metal stand part.
It made me very proud that I was able to make my own very pretty pair of metal tub containers for under $20. Here's an update on how those are growing in:
The above pic is the first of the pots I planted. It has Bradywine tomato, purple basil and Scarlet Nantes carrots. Sadly three of the carrots I transplanted into it died the first week (weather got too hot with the metal tub) but I sowed new seeds in their place and you can see some of seedling coming up. The grass mulch was added after the first carrots died.
This one was the second tub I planted about a week later. It's got a Jelly Bean tomato plant, two cinnamon basils, and I sowed carrots around them all. I think the grass mulch I spread is blocking the seedlings from coming up though...
Soon I'm going to put together a post on all the awesome finds I've gotten from the thrift shops....
Love the idea of you making your own version. I was going to suggest you get a galvanized tub and just paint it a cool color, but I see that you already thought of that.
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Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of you making your own version. I was going to suggest you get a galvanized tub and just paint it a cool color, but I see that you already thought of that.
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