Bike Planter 2.

We've just finished popping the plants in the baskets. I chose ivy pelagoniums and geraniums for their hardiness and trailing. Since we often get temps in the high 30's and low 40's I'm afraid the English cottage garden plants I'd prefer are just a no-go.

They're peeping over the top but in a very short time they'll be trailing over the edges and looking pretty cheery under the gum trees. Do you know I couldn't find ivy, just plain old ivy, for love nor money. I even went wandering around the streets in a nearby town to see if I could pinch some from someones garden. :) I thought a few long tendrils would go nicely and "hurry" along the look. Oh well will just have to be patient. I've put a few pretty foliage plants in too; same family so should be quite hardy.

I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I can't wait for the plants to grow bigger and with the sort of warmth we've been having through the day they should be spilling out all over the place before long at all.

Bike Planter.

Good morning and a chilly morning it is too! I'm sitting in my office looking out at the fog. An insipid sun is trying valiantly to warm the place but as yet it's losing the fight. :) It's Saturday and we're expecting about 20c; gotta be happy with that for a winter daytime temp! It's surprising how quickly it warms up once the sun is up completely.

Once it warms up it's out into the garden today, however there's not a lot needing to be done in the veggie patch. I bought some colourful plants yesterday to go in my bike baskets. That's the latest project here - a bike planter for down the yard. I'll whizz outside shortly and take a photo of the bike and the baskets I bought to go on the front and back. They'll be painted an off -white, as will the bike, and then I'll plant some hardy (hopefully) plants in them. It's a lovely old bike - a bargain on Gumtree for $20! The guys have stripped a few things off it so it's bare basics and ready to go.

The baskets should look lovely when these get a little bigger and start to cascade over the edges.