What did happen however is this- a triple-decker half veggie/half flower tower of compromise. I'm taking baby steps to becoming the world's best hostess by growing only the greens to my future salads and I still have room for flowers!
Here's how I did it:
First, I invited Liz over who did everything. (This was an important step because Liz is wicked good at this stuff and because I have a cast on my right arm up to my elbow right now.)
Next, we took pots from the pot graveyard on the side of my house and selected 3 in decending sizes. (These don't have to match perfectly, as you can see.)
Pick a sunny spot in your garden to place the biggest pot- we nestled ours right into this Vinca Minor- and fill with soil until just below the top.
Add a small dowel or bamboo rod into the largest pot and thread themiddle pot onto it burying the pot about an inch into the soil of the largest pot.
Then trim the dowel until about 3-4" is showing to be inserted into the smallest pot.
Now have Liz thread the smallest pot right over the dowel and press into the dirt on the lower level burying it slightly. Great job Liz!
And finally, you are ready to plant your Garden of Compromise. Liz and I decided on some green lettuce, purple lettuce, white & purple flowers, 2 small cascading plants and topped the whole thing off with a ponytail fern.
Now we truly can have our garden...and eat it too.
Thanks Liz!! <3 <3 <3