This weekend I've been on a mission to start taming the garden. I needed plants, so this morning, with the sun peeping through the curtains at 6.30am, I went to my local car boot to see if I could find some. I gave myself strict instructions: no vintage for in the house, because I've just put everything away from my sale days and I would really like to keep the space clear for as long as I can.
I spotted this giant sieve which makes the perfect place for some geraniums. I have lined it with some coconut inner to stop the water spouting out of the sides but I think it will look really nice when the geraniums start to trail. It really is a whopper. I wonder what it was used for? A school kitchen? Someone offered to buy the sieve from me when I was walking to the car but I wasn't selling.
I also found some delphiniums for 60p each, so I bought some of those, too.
I came home and spent two or three hours digging, weeding, sweeping and sorting out old pots.
Still some way to go, but it's looking much neater than before. The day was fine and warm, it was beautiful to be outside.
I have sown some seeds, too, to keep costs down. I always put in plenty of cornflowers, as they are only 29p a packet at Aldi, and they always come up and provide a good display of colour. Great for filling in gaps.
I was tired today as we went to the cinema last night to see The Great Gatsby. It hasn't had good reviews, but we all enjoyed it. If you are a real stickler for literary accuracy, then no, perhaps it wouldn't be a great idea to go, but for sheer spectacle and a bit of escapism, I would recommend it. Leonardo DiCaprio is well cast as Gatsby and looks very fine in 1920s clothes. Carey Mulligan is also beautiful as Daisy, with creamy skin and incredible frocks. A nice weekend, I wish it could last a little longer. Hope you had a good one, too.
Loving the sieve planted up! X
ReplyDeleteYour trip paid off your planted sieve is fab, and your plants are a real bargain...
ReplyDeleteI have been doing the same today, sorting out pots and planting
fingers crossed it stays fine
Thea x
Absolutely. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a week of fine weather.
Deleteit's great getting the garden going again isn't it:)
ReplyDeleteIt really, really is. It was gorgeous out there, feels like we've all been waiting a long time!
DeleteWe've been visiting open gardens this afternoon. It's always good to get a peep into other people's gardens! You geraniums are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love open gardens too. I have a few planned for June.
DeleteYour weekend sounds very much like mine, plant shopping, gardening and Gatsby. I loved the film but I'm a big Baz Luhrmann fan. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteYes, it was unmistakeably Baz Luhrmann. I love it when I get lost in a film and I did in this one.
DeleteI love the sieve, I would never have thought of putting flowers like that in one.It will be stunning when they have filled out a bit. I need to get some summer flowering plants for our hayrack at the front of our house.It is in desperate need of a spruce up but arent the plants expensive? I am hoping to get to a boot sale to acquire some cheaply over the next couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteI rive been in the garden too, I really need some more plants but with very limited cash I've been pondering on how this can be done....car boots me thinks, thank you! Love your new 'plant pot'! :) x
ReplyDeleteHi Anne and Ada
DeleteI found out last year that car boot sales are the answer to cheap plants. Today there was a lovely couple who had been dividing the plants in their garden, and they'd just potted up the ones they didn't need and were selling them on. Prices here tend to be from 50p (butternut squash plant today) and £3 (for a very large pot of hostas). Trays of bedding plants were about £2 for 10. If you can't make the car boot, Morrisons have some very good deals on bedding plants, with some lovely colours too :)
You would certainly need strong arms to hold that sieve! It looks lovely with the pink gerainiams tumbling out, Lucey x
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