Tarnished Silver Succulent And Cacti Dish Garden

Love Dish Gardens!

 

Well it has been a long while. After a move into

a new home we ended up babysitting five of our

grandchildren for the whole summer! That kept

up hopping and busy busy! The next couple of

months was catching up on the house and so

many things put on the back burner until the

kiddies all went back home. Because they all

live an hour away, they literally were moved in

for three months. Daughters three, sons two.

We took them home to be with their parents

on days off, but we never had a break with

no kids except two days the whole time.

What a trip that was! But a fun time we had

crazy and all!

 

 

 On a recent trip to the store, I couldn't pass up

this large cacti, but have no idea what it is!

Really liked it though, and then decided to pick

up a few succulents to make a dish garden.

 

 

Once home, I had no idea what to use for my

dish garden, and never gave thought to that

at the store. But, as luck would have it, I had

been going through some boxes from our last

move and came across this silver casserole

dish that had belonged to my hubby's mother. It

was in bad need of being polished, but I liked

it's tarnished look, and thought this might work.

 

 

 

 I got to work. I got out one of my glass

casserole dishes, then added my dirt and

plants, along with some Spanish moss and

a bit of river rock. The lid to the casserole

server actually comes off, but I really liked

it on, so on I put it.  

 

I gave it all a bit of sprinkle of water and set

it on the coffee table.

 

 

 I love this dish and with the plants in it, I

thought this was a great way to use it. It

had been stored in the china cabinet for

several years and that is just sad. It's just

to nice a piece to be hidden away. I Love

the legs on it and all it's detail! It looks

like my mother-in-law may have started

to wax it as I can see area's of dried wax,

so one day I might just get it all shiny again.

 

For now, it makes a sweet garden container!

Tarnished and all!

 

Ta Ta for Now!