Salvage Succulent Wreath
Just planted (I'll share a photo in a few weeks when everything has taken root), this succulent wreath was inspired by a broken picture frame and pair of wine-stained fishnet stockings. The soil I had on hand, the seaweed is in abundance in my seaside community and the plant material friends gladly gave me (I thought one was going to run for a backhoe when I asked - told me succulents are prolific and I would understand her eagerness to "help").
This poor wooden picture frame had done a lovely job of framing my rusted harmony garden sign, but our rainforest weather had taken its toll. I couldn't just glue it back together because the wood was actually starting to break down (future plant food?). I had seen Barb Rosen's succulent wreath and thought I could take a different approach to the same result.
Although I have lots of burlap and wire, I also had a pair of wine stained fishnet stockings I had hung onto hoping for a new purpose.
I had a bag of garden soil leftover from summer plantings, and a bag of seaweed that I cut up very roughly (it will break down and be available as nutrient about the time the plants need it).
Now I'm a hardworking paralegal by day and don't get to the beach as often as gardening would require, so I have a work force. They get $1 per grocery bag of seaweed.
No, they're not my children. They are friends' kids and this was their first paid job. (the baby doesn't actually gather seaweed). The sense of "purpose" was an absolute hoot so Mom documented her industriousness "beach bums".
(as an aside, during the summer I plunk a bag of seaweed into a big enamelware pot I have and fill it with water. The kids know on Wednesdays the plants all get seaweed tea.
I stretched the fishnet stockings over the frame
There's lots of material left over. I'm leaving the panty part open at the until the plants have rooted in case I need to add more soil or more plant material. But I think I will have lots of material left to possibly make a lacey-looking bow.
Then I just slid stems and roots in through the existing holes (for some of the bigger Hens I cut holes larger).
Oops, I forgot to include that I made a wire hanger (which easily slid through one of the holes in the stocking) at the start.
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I'll be curious to see it hanging. Nylons aren't as sturdy as burlap.
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May it fill in beautifully.
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