Cluttered CorkBoard

If you follow me then you know I recently built a rustic fence across my front yard and I
decided I wanted to place some sort of hanging baskets so I could plant some flowers along it as
well.


I looked at purchasing some but decided to see if I could make something at a better
price point since I was thinking I wanted several and that would get expensive rather quickly.



I found a roll of 1/2" hardware cloth wire that cost less than the price of one hanging basket
and decided to see what I could come up with using the roll of wire.
So I basically shaped it, wired it together, and used landscape fabric to hold the soil/flowers.

So far I have made 4 planters out of one roll,  I think I could probably get 2 more out of the same
roll. (the roll of wire was approx $10.00)

However, I really want to see how they do first.

The cut edges are sharp,  and I did end up with a few scratches etc.. :0)
Inexpensive is nice, but sometimes the extra cost of something can be worth it too Lol :0)

Here is the one that I made and placed on our deck..
(You can see in this picture how I folded the edges over to help reduce the sharp edging)



It is doing really well and I love how it looks.

And here are the 3 that I placed on the fence as of now.



I chose to plant creeping jenny, petunia's, and alyssum




I am really curious to see how they do in a few weeks.

I may end up changing these out for something bigger.
(I am thinking something similar to this one, or perhaps even this one  since it is less expensive and might actually be a really fun shape to put there)

If I do change them out I will definitely be moving these to our deck.
I really like the look of the planters, (especially at the deck).
I am basically debating if they are substantial enough for the fence as they kind of disappear right now to me, and don't really stand out like I would like them to.. so I guess I am trying to be patient and see if the flowers fill in very quickly or not.

But either way, I am enjoying them.




So many yard projects going on..   Love spring time and working outdoors.

I think (so far) I have planted 5 tree's (3 brandywine maple/corkscrew willow/flowering pear),
12 evergreens (blue spruce, dwarf blue spruce, dwarf alberta spruce and so on.),
I also started a hedge of boxwood, and about a thousand other plants.. (slight exaggeration) Lol :0)

I decided this is the year that I finally plant more tree's and there are still more I want to get..
I am enjoying thinking about how I want it to look and how it will look a few years down
the road.    I am the type that likes projects and lots of them.. just ask my husband. :0)
I think this year has been probably even more so since my youngest also moved out for
school and it has been good to keep busy if ya know what I mean.
(miss my kiddo's)

So have you had any fun garden projects going on?














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