What to do with a birdcage?

Make it into a hanging basket for a plant, dugh.

Pointers for making a hanging basket...

Well first you want to get yourself a hanging basket with a coco husk liner, some dirt and a variety of pretty plants.

Some people recommend putting plastic in-between the dirt and the liner of the basket. Since hanging baskets get air in all directions, the soil dries out quicker and this helps it to retain moisture better. Poke a few holes in the plastic.

When selecting plants for a hanging basket be sure to take into consideration things like where the basket is going to hang (do you need plants that like shade or are very heat tolerant?) Also, try to think about plants that dangle and drape off the side as well as stand up. Size, color, texture, the way a plant hangs the more of these elements you can mix the prettier your basket.

For this basket I chose: Kaleidoscope Coleus, Diva Fuchsia, Asparagus Fern, Impatients, some sort of ivy and a spiky mini palm. Now here is a trick...

Buy a ready made hanging basket and split it up. I bought an impatient in a hanging basket at Wal-Mart that on closer inspection was really three plants. I cut the plant apart with a knife and then separated them.

Then I had 2 extra plants for the pots I was making to go next to my front door!

Next step you want to add a little dirt to your basket and arrange your plants in pretty pattern.

When you have the arrangement you want take the plants out of their cartons and finger out the roots a little bit. Sit them in the basket and make sure everything is sitting on enough dirt to where it is not going to get buried.

Next add more dirt to cover all exposed roots and finish filing the basket up. Hang the puppy up and water really well.

Remember since hanging basket plants are having to kind of fight each other for food and water you might remember that you are going to need to fertilize and water more often than usual.

You Grow Girl!

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