Re: Garden decor was Re: [gardeners] 'Bright Lights'
Lillian Kepp (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 6 Jan 98 04:43:58 PST
On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 12:13:14 -0500 (EST) Cheryl & Erich Schaefer
wrote:
>>Around here it's worth your life to put one of those black jockeys
in your
>>yard. You get a visit from the many members of a national
organization that
>>has "Colored People" in it's title. You can paint the face white
and it's
>>okay though. The hot thing in rural areas around here is
silhouettes of
>>cowboys, hound dogs, etc out by the mailbox.
>>
>>George, who has flowers in his front yard
>
>The silhouettes are hot in rural New York State, too. What's also
"in" is
>junk used as ornaments, a contradiction in terms, seems to me. Once
in a
>wihle you see a good one, like an antique corn husker with a vine
growing
>on it. But the plants in old shoes, tomato cans and ammunition
boxes are
>the norm now. One neighbor planted a pair of jeans; that is, she
filled
>them with soil in a chair and grew flowers in them. We've never
gotten rid
>of the concrete birds left by the previous owners. Don't know why
exactly.
>I admit to having added a faux brass headboard as a trellis. Can't
decide
>if I like it in the garden or not. Just like the headboard. I also
put our
>old small mailbox in the main garden where it holds tools. Very
handy when
>I remember to put the darn things back in there. Anyone adding
interesting
>elements this year?
>
>Cheryl Schaefer
>schaefer @epix.net
>Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY
I was looking for an old bathtub, one with legs. Think it would
make a nice raised bed, besides being "art."
I'm not into a "beautiful" garden. I think the more fun one has
in the garden, the more fun it is.
Lillian