A Different Kind of Digging
05/20/2010
Last weekend I got busy with a different kind of planting. This kind of gardening didn't involve perennial beds. Or transplants. Or seeds. Or containers.
It did, though, require a lot of hands-on "digging-in." I planted . . . a living wreath!
I purchased the wreath form online, and I picked up a few small succulents at the nursery. Eventually, I plan to hang this wreath on the gate to my backyard. For now, though, I'm keeping it flat -- so the roots can take hold a bit before they need to defy gravity.
This was a fun project. It required a little imagination and creativity. . . and a whole lot of digging and dividing! Although the "directions" suggested using a wooden tool to make the planting holes in the sphagnum moss, I found that it was a lot easier to just dig in with my hands.
My fingernails will never be the same!
That is really cool!
Posted by: Lori on Little Traverse Bay | 05/20/2010 at 03:03 PM
Hands on...or in...is the only way to go! Very cool wreath!
xo
Posted by: Marilyn | 05/20/2010 at 03:10 PM
It's going to be stunning! Totally worth the slightly damaged hands. ;^)
Posted by: Cookie | 05/20/2010 at 03:16 PM
A living wreath is going to be so unique and beautiful. It will be worth the damaged manicure.
Posted by: margene | 05/20/2010 at 04:03 PM
How very cool is that!
Posted by: lynn | 05/20/2010 at 04:40 PM
That is going to be gorgeous! Don't worry about the hands :)
the perfectly manicured ones don't have a whole lot of fun!
Posted by: Michelle | 05/20/2010 at 08:31 PM
What a lovely idea.
My nails look like that all summer long ! I was on a compost high last night !
Posted by: Emma | 05/21/2010 at 05:49 AM