| Do you have a container garden? Container gardens | | | | iron furniture and black fire pit. So instead of noticing |
| are friendly for porches, patios and decks where you | | | | the pots, your eyes are drawn to the beautiful |
| don't have a lot of mainstream gardening space. A | | | | flowers she planted: zinnias, wave petunias, marigolds, |
| container garden allows you to have herbs, | | | | dahlias and trailing vincas. Would work equally well |
| vegetables and flowers in different sized pots right | | | | with container vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers |
| on your porch. But do your pots look like a hodge | | | | and zucchinis. You could paint your pots any color |
| podge collection of many sizes and colors that don't | | | | you like. |
| quite jive together? Then how about painting a bunch | | | | Another idea would be to paint your pots in |
| of inexpensive pots in a color(s) that complements | | | | complementary colors, like forest green, emerald |
| your porch or patio. | | | | green and celery green. And yet another idea is to |
| Our daughter-in-law gave us this great idea. She | | | | paint a pretty stencil on your pots after you spray |
| wanted all of her flower pots to be black to go with | | | | paint them in your chosen color. A little imagination |
| her black wrought iron furniture, but the cost was | | | | and work can go a long way. When you tire of black |
| prohibitive especially in the larger-sized pot sizes. She | | | | pots, you could re-paint the pots a pretty golden |
| would have had to purchase more expensive ceramic | | | | color for the fall. |
| pots to get them in black. So she purchased | | | | If you grow your flowers and vegetables in |
| inexpensive plastic pots in various colors and sizes, | | | | containers, consider spray painting your plastic pots |
| took them home and spray painted them all black. | | | | to pull together the look you desire for your |
| She used a type of spray paint that's specifically | | | | container garden. It's easy, inexpensive and you can |
| made for plastic. The result? A great looking | | | | change the color whenever you want. It's just |
| container garden with a unified look. | | | | another plus to container gardening. Why not try it |
| The pots look very smart with her black wrought | | | | this season? |