A dried Boophone seed head, secateurs, a blue plastic drinking glass I picked up in the local park some years ago, a Dahlia 'Lover Boy', a speaker stand topped with a plastic drain cover held on with a bolt, a metal tuteur topped with a plastic doll's head I found in the gutter down the road, dirt shook off the onions we grew this winter, and some tiles left over from our bathroom remodel.
This is reality, not Instagram:
What's on your patio table? I'll guess: plants!
Yep! A circle pot with succulents needing water on the back patio table. A small pot containing different succulents on the side patio table, along with several dozen stems of bunny tail grass (Lagurus ovatus) I "harvested" 2 weeks ago before pulling out the plants. There was a bag of gopher repellent there for a good 2 weeks too but I finally moved it into a corner by the catio as I still haven't gotten round to watering it into the area in which I spotted the gopher's hold. I'm actually not sure the gopher's there anymore but that's mainly an excuse.
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly a tidier table than mine. I'm going to sweep off that dirt right now. :)
DeleteThose circle pots are cool!
at the moment, just a single plant! Didn't expect your table to be quite so quirky! ;)
ReplyDeleteSingle plant. Still a plant! :)
DeleteA couple of weeks ago, it was an array of harvested onions curing in the shade. Even quirkier.
My potting table is what I crowd things on .. a new heucherella "Pink Fizz" , a handy dandy canvas apron with great long ties and big pockets that I hold my pruners and utility knife in along with a large wire round .. I used to lose my pruners so many times it was ridiculous and then one day my son gave me this incredible canvas apron. I don't know how I functioned without it ? LOL .. We just had a spot storm that dumped almost 3 inches of rain. I just came in after 4.5 hours of work thinning foliage out , cutting back .. it was a lot of work but I did it all before this amazing rain that well needed .. thank you mother nature ! I hope you get some decent rain too !
ReplyDelete3 inches of rain...3 inches of rain...heavenly--how happy your plants will be, refreshed and sparkling. Maybe if we are lucky here, we'll get that much next January.
DeleteYour apron sounds great. I misplace my snips and pruners constantly and go wandering around looking for them. A potting table--Ive been shopping for one for years, but all that seems to be available is too small and too flimsy.
And Happy Canada Day!
A pot of Echeveria 'Lipstick' and the occasional glass of wine.
ReplyDeleteShow off! ;^)
DeleteYep, plants! There's a photo of them at the end of this post:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedangergarden.com/2021/06/my-garden-in-june-before-extreme-heat.html
I love your arrangement and thing that is is Instagram worthy.
I saw that--stylish and elegant, with happy/healthy plants. You'll inspire me to try a little harder, if you don't watch it!
ReplyDeleteJust a table cloth, at the moment. Though we did cut some Allium seed heads and bring them inside.
ReplyDeleteA Table cloth is a nice way to add some color to a garden scene. I might have to try that myself.
DeleteOur two tables hold a succulent pot each. My husband and I play a game every afternoon in the shade so I keep them fairly free.
ReplyDeleteSucculent pots count! :) A game in the shade in the garden with a loved one sounds like a wonderful afternoon.
DeleteI have 2 patio tables and one is filled with small pots of cactus and the other small pots of Aloes.
ReplyDeleteHopefully in the shade, lest they catch fire. Your heat in AZ has been scary!
DeleteBig thumbs up! I just saw several Boophone seed heads like that on the UC Davis campus. Yes, I was fantasizing of using them as decoration in my own garden.
ReplyDeletei was thinking of spray-painting mine some wild color and hanging it somewhere, but it's quite delicate, ready to crumble. Not at all sturdy like an Aloe marlothii flower stem. Fun, though--mid-century-modern Sputnik style.
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