Holiday Containers: BIGGER Impact, Even LOWER Cost and Still, LOTS of Gold Spray Paint

December 5, 2011
One of sixteen containers, decked for the holidays
and all for $16.25 each!

I received an “Anonymous” nasty-gram after posting Holiday Containers: BIG Impact, LOW Cost and LOTS of Gold Spray Paint, on November 28th. Something to the effect of: That’s not cheap, blah blah blah! (Only meaner.)


Alright, Anonymous commenter:

  • If you’re not going to be nice, don’t wuss out on publishing your name.
  • Holiday containers are certainly NOT a NEED.
  • If you would have actually READ my post you would have understood that…

I WASN’T DONE YET!

(remember when I wrote,
“My cost per container will be even less. Stay tuned…”?)

To all the holiday-container-gardening, doubting Thomases out there, this post is for you. I was inspired to complete ALL of my containers with the scraps I had left, and to get creative with what was growing all around me. Didn’t spend one more dime.

Backyard Container
Ingredients
From our garden:
Annabelle Hydrangeas (gold)
Curly Willow (gold)
Thistle (gold)
Yew
Spruce
White Pine
Grass Plumes
Goldenrod
From our neighbor’s garden:
(who just happend to be tossing an entire cedar tree
 to the curb last week, cha-ching!)
Cedar
Purchased:
Mixed Green Bows-$75
Antique Gold Spray Paint-$25

Final, Final Tally
(front & back):
$260
16 containers
$16.25 each
*Holiday containers, like many things in life, are optional.

Detail

Detail 
Free Fir Tree!
See: mTip: Oversummering Holiday Evergreen Trees

Keep it simple, keep it cheap.

Remember to enjoy the holidays!