One of my favorite things about the orchard is that it gives us the opportunity to take unwanted items, old items, odd items, and use them as planters or garden art!  I will be featuring a fun creation of ours weekly to give you ideas for your own gardens.  Also – you’ll have to come and try to find all the fun creations we’ve made when we open in the fall!

We put an old wheel onto a poll to make a trellis for our clematis flowers. 

Last year Diane struggled to get them to climb around the thick poll. This year, she used an old spring from a crib to create a great trellis for the beautiful flowers to climb up.  Twin goes from the spring to the top of the wheel to help the climbing continue.  I can’t wait to see it as it continues to grow!

Old silverware makes a great wind chime!