Art Pottery

Cart Planter

Vtg MCMASTER Pottery Blue LAMB CART PLANTER Cache 1940s $49.95

Vintage Ceramic ~ Donkey Pulling Flower Cart Planter ~ Made in Japan $14.99

Vintage American Bisque Pottery Donkey With Cart Planter-Cute $14.99

Vintage Porcelain DONKEY & CART Planter $4.99

VINTAGE PIG WITH CART Planter Pottery UNMARKED 6″ X 5.5″ “NICE” $29.99

Vintage Rooster Pulling Grape Cart Planter Japan $12.00

Italy Majolica SIGNED DONKEY/CART Glazed Art CLAY Pottery Planter $9.99

Italy Signed & NUMBERED DONKEY/CART GLAZED ART Clay Pottery PLANTER $11.55

Vintage Black DONKEY W/ CART PLANTER $8.95

Vintage Colorful Donkey Cart Planter Italy marked $9.99

ANTIQUE ITALY Hand Painted Majolica Donkey Cart Art Pottery Figurine Planter $59.99

Vintage Italy HAND Painted Majolica Donkey Cart Art Pottery Figurine Planter $49.99

Old Japan PLANTER ~ CART WAGON PULLED BY OX IN YOKE $14.95

Cute Vintage DONKEY PULLING CART Planter Vase Hand Decorated Painted Japan MIJ $7.99

Vintage American Pottery Dog and Cart Planter $13.59

VINTAGE Mid Century MOD KITSCH 1950S DONKEY WITH CART PORCH PLANTER Signed Italy $26.99

SIGNED NAS? P. Italian Art POTTERY DONKEY W/CART 8″ Vase Planter Dish Bowl VASE $9.99

Vintage Pottery Parrot Cart Planter Hull Flawless $59.99

Hull Pottery Brown Cart Planter $7.95

VINTAGE 1950′s Mccoy Pottery PLANTER Terrier Dog WITH CART Nursery Line $15.00

MCCOY POTTERY PLANTER DOG PULLING CART VINTAGE $3.00

VINTAGE DONKEY PULLING A CART PLANTER American Art POTTERY 1940-50′S Near Mint $28.59

Vintage Hull Pottery Regal Parrot with Cart Planter $95.00

Vintage Shawnee Duck / Goose pulling cart Planter $9.95

Adorable Vintage American Bisque Puppy and Cart Planter $22.45

Vintage Japan Donkey Burro Flower Cart Planter Handpainted Flower Wheel Old Cute $19.99

Inarco Golf Cart CN – 133 Planter Pottery Made in Japan $19.99

Occupied Japan art Pottery Rabbit pulling cart small planter holder figurine $8.99

VINTAGE PONY DONKEY Flower Planter CART CERAMIC HORSE $12.00

Darling DUCK w/CART Vintage Relpo Japan Pottery PLANTER $4.97

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Container Gardening Ideas For The Many Different Garden Pots

For container gardening ideas, search the internet, the library or a bookstore. The challenge is to come up with a pleasing container garden design. There are an unlimited variety of containers available for your container garden. These range in size from small house-plant pots to large boxes and planters. Equally variable are the materials from which they are made. These include wood, glass, clay, aluminum, bamboo, straw, plastic, fiberglass, Terra Cotta, tin, cast iron, zinc, copper, and brass, each with certain advantages and disadvantages. What you select will depend on availability, cost, background, and appeal not to mention the characteristics of the gardening pots.

Here are some container gardening ideas. In addition to traditional circular pots and tubs, there are modern and ultra-modern forms—square, rectangular, triangular, hexagonal, and octagonal. Also eligible are old iron kitchen pots, kettles, pails, jugs, casks, vases, crocks, jelly tubs, barrels and nail kegs, Japanese fish tubs, old sinks, bathtubs, bamboo soy tubs. There are novelty containers such as driftwood, wheelbarrows, donkey carts, spinning wheels and boxes attached to roadside mail receptacle. There are also bird cages, decorative well heads, animal figures, and Strawberry jars. Woven baskets may be used to conceal unattractive containers. Even tar paper pots, handled by garden centers and florists, are worthwhile if painted or covered to improve their appearance. Any of these can be used in your container gardening ideas.

Where to find your container supplies? Start with what you have. If you scout cellars or basements, attics, garages, and sheds, you will doubtless encounter something interesting. Old-fashioned pots and kettles, often sold in antique shops at country auctions or seen at old New England inns, have much appeal.

Other container garden ideas are to consider old cookie and bean jars, pickle and other types of crocks, wash tubs, coal pails, jardinières, and ceramic bowls. For drainage, spread a thick layer of large pebbles or broken pieces of pots or bricks at the bottom and then water plants with care. In large containers of this kind, drainage material should be several inches thick. Where rainfall is heavy, be sure to keep garden containers without drainage outlets on porches, under awnings or the broad eaves of houses. With pails and old galvanized wash tubs, holes can be easily punctured at the bottom.

Plants in containers without drainage openings remain moist longer. Some of these—crocks, jardinières and cookie jars—are heavy enough to be secure against wind in outside container gardening.

What constitutes the ideal container for your container garden ideas? A container must be attractive, even if it is not an object of art. It should be strong and durable and able to resist all kinds of weather. This is especially true of the large sizes, which usually remain outdoors all year around. In the North, alternate freezing and thawing is a problem in winter (and could cause cracking); in tropical climates, excessive heat, humidity, and moisture are to be considered (and could cause fading). And in semiarid areas, there is the effect of scorching sun to keep in mind, another cause of fading. All these things must be kept in mind when coming up with your container gardening design.

The ideal container must be large enough to hold a substantial amount of soil. It should have good drainage facilities through holes or other openings at the bottom or sides, though this is not absolutely necessary. It must not rust, at least in a single season, and it should have a wide enough base to rest firmly wherever placed. Besides, it ought to be heavy enough to withstand average winds. In severe storms, like hurricanes and tornadoes, movable containers can be shifted to temporary safety. All of these things should be factored in when you are coming up with your container gardening ideas.

Resistance to rot is another requirement. Wooden containers—except those made of rot-resistant redwood, Western cedar, and Southern red cypress—will need to be treated with a wood preservative. Except for permanent containers, the ability to move your container garden is another feature, and sometimes a safety precaution, of portable container gardening. Large boxes and planters can be fitted with wheels, and garden centers have redwood tubs that rest on platforms with wheels. A hole in the platform corresponds to the hole in the tub. Large containers without wheels can be pushed on iron or wooden rollers by two or more persons; however, if you live in an area prone to disastrous storms it is best to keep your containers small.

Smaller containers are ideal for growing herb container gardens. If you plan to plant an herb container garden be imaginative Here are some container garden ideas for herbs that go well together.

• For an Italian selection try Sweet basil, Italian parsley, Oregano, Marjoram and Thyme.
• For a lovely scented container use Lavender, Rose scented geranium, Lemon balm, Lemon thyme, and Pineapple sage.
• For really great salads try Garlic chives, Rocket, Salad burnet, Parsley, Celery.
• And to say “We love French Cooking!” use Tarragon, Chervil, Parsley, Chives and Sage.

Any of these will liven up your cooking and please your family.

So these are just a few container gardening ideas. Get out a pad of paper and make up a container garden design that will please the eye and maybe even the palate

Happy Container Gardening!

Copyright © 2006 Mary Hanna All Rights Reserved.

About the Author

About the Author
Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist who lives in Central Florida. This allows her to grow gardens inside and outside year round. She has published other articles on Cruising, Gardening and Cooking. Visit her websites at http://www.CruiseTravelDirectory.com, http://www.ContainerGardeningSecrets.com, and http://www.GardeningHerb.com or contact her at mary@webmarketingreviews.com

Does anyone know if the Clinton home on Long Island?

Does it have a bathtub in the backyard that is now a planter? A shopping cart in the lawn or any chicken coops?

I wonder if Hillary’s car has one of thise rainbow stickers on it?

The Clinton Home in New York is in Chappaqua, Westchester County, about 35 miles north of New York City.

DB Series Planters from John Deere and RDO Equipment Co.