Larro Darro
Elite Member
Margie saw a hollow log planter on Facebook, and has wanted one ever since. Cliff, my handyman said he would be looking for one in the creek swamp. About three weeks ago he called and ask me to meet him on the other side of Ten Mile Creek with my truck and trailer. His camp and my camp are very close together, but with the creek in between, it is five or six miles by county road. He had cut the hollow part of the log in half with a chainsaw, and there was still a few feet on the butt end. We left the butt end for another day and brought the hollow part home, along with one slab he had cut off the end. We think the log is Juniper, but not 100% sure.
The first day Margie could get off early, we went plant shopping. We were unsure of just what we wanted, so we bought all annuals this time. We will put better plants in it next year. I have lots of potting soil but I went ahead and bought two 1 cubic foot bags of the stuff with the blue juice mixed in. I lined the slab up with the shape of the log and cut it in half. I used these two pieces to stop up the big ends, just driving a stake in the ground to hold it in place. There was a hole in each part where a side limb had come out. I cut some oak bushes and fitted the limber limbs into the cracks in the log, then packed it with Spanish moss. I did the same across the small end of each half of the log, wedging little oak limbs in the cracks, then packing it with Spanish moss.
I mixed up some of my old potting soil with the two bags of new stuff right in the log. Then I transplanted the flowers. I have raked so much pine straw the last couple of years it isn't funny. And the weeds just grow right through it. So I have used old hay in the flowerbed this year. [the garden too] I have the stump in the flowerbed now, but I will wait to add pictures of it. There is more than enough for now. Total cost of the job was $120. I paid Cliff $60 for the log and cutting it up, [I got the stump and seven more slabs, too] and $60 for plants and potting soil.
The kitten checking out my work is LBJ [Liberty Belle Jr. She is named after her grandmother] The picture of the grasshopper in the purple daisy has nothing to do with the log planter. It's just a cool photo.
The first day Margie could get off early, we went plant shopping. We were unsure of just what we wanted, so we bought all annuals this time. We will put better plants in it next year. I have lots of potting soil but I went ahead and bought two 1 cubic foot bags of the stuff with the blue juice mixed in. I lined the slab up with the shape of the log and cut it in half. I used these two pieces to stop up the big ends, just driving a stake in the ground to hold it in place. There was a hole in each part where a side limb had come out. I cut some oak bushes and fitted the limber limbs into the cracks in the log, then packed it with Spanish moss. I did the same across the small end of each half of the log, wedging little oak limbs in the cracks, then packing it with Spanish moss.
I mixed up some of my old potting soil with the two bags of new stuff right in the log. Then I transplanted the flowers. I have raked so much pine straw the last couple of years it isn't funny. And the weeds just grow right through it. So I have used old hay in the flowerbed this year. [the garden too] I have the stump in the flowerbed now, but I will wait to add pictures of it. There is more than enough for now. Total cost of the job was $120. I paid Cliff $60 for the log and cutting it up, [I got the stump and seven more slabs, too] and $60 for plants and potting soil.
The kitten checking out my work is LBJ [Liberty Belle Jr. She is named after her grandmother] The picture of the grasshopper in the purple daisy has nothing to do with the log planter. It's just a cool photo.
