Need help for window box

[GreenGardenMom]

My FIL had built some nice window boxes using cedar. He left the bottoms open and stapled on hardware cloth on the bottom (1/2"x1/2 wire). My MIL puts her plants in little containers (or leaves them in the ones they came in) and just has to set them down into the box. Remove them in the winter. No loose dirt to worry about.

How nice that your FIL can make it himself. I wish I could.

 

[GreenGardenMom]

Love my window box.... I do not fill it with dirt but use 15 ice cream buckets filled with dirt. ..............

What a good idea! Maybe I should try it.

 

[GreenGardenMom]

I have 3 that hang from the deck railing. ................
The boxes are an off white and petals have a tendancy to stick to them. I just wipe them off every spring before I plant. They do add alot of charm to my victorian home.

Mary

I'm thinking about off-white too. Thank you.

 

[momofdrew]

just remember that window boxes dry out faster then garden

 

[GreenGardenMom]

just remember that window boxes dry out faster then garden

Need to water everyday? Thank you.

 

[momofdrew]

just remember that window boxes dry out faster then garden

Need to water everyday? Thank you.

sometimes more than that depends on conditions...