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Posted: May/25/2006 2:55 PM PST
I saw this at my favorite nursery yesterday. They had herb wreaths and swags. Basically, cut a length of landscaping fabric as long as you want your wreath. It should be about 16 inches wide. (So a rectangle of landscaping fabric) Fill the landscaping fabric with your choice of potting soil or soiless mixture. Seal the landscaping fabric. At this point you should have a sausage type looking thing. I forgot to ask how they sealed the fabric. Then poke holes in the fabric and insert your herbs. Glue spanish moss on top of the fabric so you can't see the landscaping fabric. If you want a certain shape, get some wire to be hidden inside the fabric and shape as you see fit. They had swags and a heart one. My description probably stinks...but man is it gorgeous. So different! |
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Posted: May/25/2006 6:03 PM PST
I wonder if you could seal the landscape fabric with hot glue? I think that might work. Thanks, I'm gonna try it! Diana |
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Posted: May/25/2006 7:05 PM PST
I love that idea. I'm gonna make one for my mil. Thanks. |
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Posted: May/25/2006 8:39 PM PST
I would love to do that for my mil also. Any clue as to how they were joining the ends together on the wreaths? |
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Posted: May/25/2006 8:49 PM PST
ummmmm.....show me a picture of one when one of yous is done lol. Call me slow but i didnt really get the discription mostly because i have no idea what landscaping fabric is. |
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Posted: May/25/2006 11:19 PM PST
[COLOR="Green"]  The Herb wreaths are really nice. I havent heard of making them with Landscaping fabric. The problem with these wreath's is their weight. How ever you make them they wind up heavy. This proves to be a problem in finding a place to hang them. Then you have to take them down and soak them in water. You can't water them any other way. I'm not trying to discourage ye. I was so gung ho to do this at one time, but when I found out all the problems ye have maintaining them I decided it jus wasn't worth it. If anybody Can do one Let me know. I would love to have one. How many plants did the one ye saw have and how big was it. Ahhhh here I go getting my hopes up again!! LOL Ps They are very hard to handle/unwieldy/heavy.  .[/COLOR]
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Posted: May/26/2006 1:52 AM PST
I used to do something similiar for culinary herb wreaths. I used a mix of 1 part potting soil mix to 2 parts peat moss that I soaked through thoroughly in a bucket of water or in the laundry room sink. (Oh yeah, this is a messy project so make sure you use plastic drop cloths. Then I bought frames for the wreaths that were made of wire. I filled the wire moulded frames with the potting soil/peat mix and wrapped it with strips of 3 inch wide black tuile. You don't see the netting once in place and dry. And you don't have to worry about allot of extra effort to plant it. I used to set it in the sink once or twice a week to soak up water, then in the dish draining rack to drain off any excess. You can add a wire hook on the back for hanging, or lay them flat. If using them flat, I recommend laying them in a tray that is slightly larger so if there is any run off of excess water, it will stay in the tray. Also, if you have to go away, you can give it a good soaking and then leave it in the tray right away. You don't have to let it drain off first. When "watering" the living wreaths, I'd put some fertiliser in the soaking water, when needed. |
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