July 24, 2008

Unique Planters Made from Unusual Vessels for your Backyard Décor

One of the many things you can do to customize your home’s appearance is to choose unusual containers for the plants on your patio and in your back yard. You can choose to plant vegetables as well as flowers to make them stand out even more.

Any container you choose for a planter should be strong enough to support the amount of dirt it will need to hold. Dirt is much heaver than most people think; it’s not at all unusual for a good sized planter to require 100 pounds of soil to prepare it for planting.

Plant containers also need to be made of highly durable material, as the effects of rain, snow, sun and wet soil can be very damaging to most materials over a period of time. Here are a few ideas for unique plant containers you may want to explore:

For smaller container sized gardening, the possibilities for unique vessels that can double as a planter, is only limited by your imagination. An old wooden wine barrel, a large art glass bowl, an old set of copper pots that are no longer useful in the kitchen, an antique Red Wing pottery crock or the inside of an old tire. Other cool ideas include an old large glass ceiling light shade that you can turn upside down and is already complete with a drain hole!

There are obviously numerous other types of containers that will work, too. Scour flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales, keeping an eye open for all possibilities.

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