Something else that has been taking a bit of time from my knitting recently is gardening. Now, living in a north-facing condo, I don’t have much to take care of, but I like to make the balcony look pretty for the summer.
Succulents tend to do well outside in the summer, once the last threat of snow is gone (June), so I pick a few up every year. We don’t have much luck keeping them inside over the winter.
This year I added thrifting to the list of things to do for the garden. I was tired of boring old plant pots. So I went to a few thrift store, and a couple antiques malls, and came up with a funny little collection that makes me smile.
They’re still inside right now, but all on a cardboard tray that gets put outside on nice days when I’m home to monitor/run and bring them in.
Somehow most of the containers I found were house-shaped teapots and creamers. I even have a matching teapot and creamer that I found in two different stores!
They’re calling for snow on Monday, so these little guys won’t get to go outside full-time for a week or two yet, but I think they’ll enjoy it.
My herb garden is already outside, in regular pots. Hopefully they won’t mind a quick snow in a couple days!
