This is another unpainted wood item I picked up at our favorite thrift store and since Hollyhocks have long been known as the 'Outhouse Flower' I figured this was the best place for it....now if those Hollyhocks will just survive and grow [/URL] Outhouse and Hollyhocks ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) Last year I collected some cute cookie jars, used clear silicone to seal the lids on and found places in the garden for them. Purple ornament ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) Snowman cookie jar ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) Snowflake cookie jar ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) Found the sundial also at our favorite thrift store and it has just been waiting for us to get the post read for it's debut. Sundial in north bed ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) And there is a new Gnome living in the garden, actually he likes the shelf in the herb bed better.. Does he remind you of someone on GS???? Support Our Troops Gnome ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
Lol,..the outhouse flower,..poor Hollyhocks,..i like the wee outhouse,..and i would have that sundial in my garden willingly,..as for the gnome,..i guess "D" might know him, .
Those cookie jars look great Toni. I've never seen anything quite as attractive over here for keeping cookies in.
The soil under the outhouse may be too acidic for the hollyhocks to grow, time for some lime. Physostegia virginiana 'Summer Snow' to go with the snowman? Jerry
Love the outhouse, Toni! Actually I love your tongue-in-cheek style of garden art. Who woulda thunk to use cookie-jars? They look so cute!
Thanks all. The garden decor is something like our interior design, you have to walk around a few times to make sure you see everything. And I figure that since an interior designer would pull out their hair and run away if they saw the inside of the house, I wanted a garden that would make a landscape designer do the same. I missed a chance to have a large red fire hydrant cookie jar a couple of years ago. I wanted it but my cart was full (which it always is when we go to our favorite thrift store) so I left it there. Changed my mind the next day but it was already gone when I got back to the store. I failed to follow the first rule of thrift store shopping....if it 'speaks' to you put it in the cart then, because it will be gone if you put it back on the shelf and go back later. You can always put it back on the shelf later if you change your mind. Our soil is thick black clay and very alkaline. We have had a very wet last 2+ months since I planted the Hollyhocks and if black clay is good at anything, it's retaining moisture for longer than some plants like so I'm pretty sure they just don't like their feet being so wet. But if they will hang in there for a few more weeks, the rain will probably stop abruptly and then they can complain about the dry, hard black clay clamping down on their feet until October.
