2nd Time Around: Old planters

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Since I’ve started shopping for my booth at the Antique Mall, I’ve really started going to lots more estate sales etc. And as would be expected, I often find things that I would really like to keep!

Recently I found these two cast iron vintage planters for $5.00 a piece at a sale! My son said they would bring a lot more than that at the Antique Mall!

We had beautiful weather here on Monday-temperature in the seventies-so I spent the day planting some pansies and ornamental cabbages in my pots in front of the porch.

The only thing I had to do to them was drill a few holes for drainage, fill with potting soil and plant! And the black and white is a perfect compliment to our house with white siding and black shutters!

 

I was lucky that there were 2 of them! You can also see in this picture an old fireplace grate that I’ve lined with a mat and planted. Sorry the sidewalk is so dirty-guess that means we’ll have to drag out the pressure washer!

I ran out of pansies before I got to the pots on the back porch, but I did have a few that I tucked in among the impatiens in this old log planter. I moved my steps that were in the post for Halloween back to the back porch and love the added height that they give to this old planter!

 I’m glad I got all this done today, cause tomorrow it will be cloudy and in the fifties!

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