Operation Succulents

Whether you bought it at a garage sale, someone regifted it or your wife won't let you throw it away, you always end up with something that makes you scratch your head and say, "What the heck I am supposed to do with this thing?"  It could also go the other way - your husband finds an old beer can out in the desert or used up all of the oil and thinks the oil can is art.

My default is just to stick some succulents in it.  Whenever guests are over, they comment on how cool one of the succulent-holding contraptions are.  I (usually after a few cocktails) say, "You like it, its yours!"  So, here is what has survived my drunken giveaways.

Tip: best way to water is to put ice cubes in once a week.  That way you don't have to worry about over-watering or excess water staining your furniture.

In my kitchen, I tend to use kitchen-related items.  All of these copper colanders came from garage sales in Villa Park.  They are the only people who hate money so much that they buy copper colanders.

 

Add battery-operated lights into the insulators for awesome reflections in the succulent colanders.

 

Old meat grinder (note: we are not vegetarians.  The only reason this was made into a succulent pot was because we own a commercial-grade grinder.  Who do you think we are?):

 

 

Old frame:

 

 

Vase you bought at the Sky Village Swapmeet from a desert rat who had no teeth:

 

 

Cracked coffee cup:



A hanging pot that nothing else will survive in because moss doesn't retain water: