The well-hung succulents
All my friends are my age. I don't know any with sturdy backs, strong hearts, healthy knees, and strong shoulders. So I did it myself.
I bought some heavy-duty eyelet screws and screwed them deeply into the wall just below the window. i used the straps with buckles from my kayak ties and lashed the frame to the eye bolts. Then I inched the frame into place onto the cleat I had bolted to the wall weeks before. It was still sweat-inducing work, but I managed to do it by myself – every second expecting it to fall to the ground smashing fantastically and ruining months of work.
I looked the next morning and it was still there. No budging. I only now have to do some spot painting of the frame where there was some chipping.
I think it looks great. The plants – sedums and hardy succulents (mostly hens & chicks) are happy. I will come up with some sort of cover for it for the wintertime. They should do fine there, but I worry about drying winds.
In context with the rest of the garden - it was a bare blank wall. Now a dominate garden feature. |
The plants are happy - and I didn't loose a single one in the process of lifting it in place! Hate that electric meter though. |
The checkerboard grass needs some whacking. |
Overall, I'm pleased. Unless it falls of the wall. |
You need to build some sort of wide flat wooden container with a but of the same sort of framing and coloration as the hanging frame and put a clematis and trellis or a small leafy tree good to a much colder zone there.
ReplyDeleteRachelle - I've given that some thought. My only problem being if I put a low planter below, I cannot open my passenger side door of the car when I park there!
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