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Upcycle a Broken Fountain
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Quince_Cottage
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You kind of expect a fountain that cost a couple hundred scoots to last more than two years. Well, at least we did. When ours stopped working at the end of last summer it was hard to determine why. Was it the pump? Was it the solar panel? Was it the wiring? Then there was a storm...
But all was not lost. Why not take the remaining intact pieces and use it for a container garden? (We also used it in a unique way at Halloween, check the blog post for a photo of that).
Here's another pic...
This spot gets a mix of sun and shade so we used plants like Creeping Jenny that like this sort of condition.
There's still the top bowl of the fountain that we might do something with too - like a succulent garden. How trendy would that be?
Quince Cottage Style is Agrarian Chic - a mix of old and new, rustic and opulent.
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Suggested materials:
- Fountain, Potting Soil, Gravel, Plants (Lowe's)
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Published April 23rd, 2016 10:19 AM
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Carey on Aug 12, 2016I have a Petal design very old bird bath that was so shallow that I couldn't keep it filled with water, so it was always just filled with leaves. My husband on one of his clean up kicks, junked the pedestal while I had to top off trying to repair the broken petals (I picked it up at a yard sale- CHEAP!! many years ago. But I liked it so I have been trying for some time to come up wth a pedestal that will work. Meanwhile, it is sitting on a bucket and this year I decided to put some sedum in it. So a little soil and a few plants and it is looking very good. Now I just need to find something for a pedestal besides the bucket, but for now that is working well.
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