In South Florida which is a sub-tropical region I have no issues with the soil warmth however the idea of planting in the blocks appealed to me on several levels to address the problems that I do face. One problem is my animals are forever chasing birds, ducks , stray cats, and lizards through my garden and knocking over my smaller pots.
Another issue is the wind . We usually have a daily sea breeze here 10-15 knots and stronger in the thunderstorms. The other pots tend to dry out and get blown over by the wind whereas the block pots don't move even surviving several hurricanes in the two years I have been testing them.
Even better I got all my blocks for free where someone was trying to get rid of them by the roadside or you can buy them for a couple of bucks each at your local hardware store. I painted mine with a semi-transparent stain in a earthly color called Redrock and use them in my rock garden. I think they look really good and they are indestructible so far.
My latest project is to fix up some unstained blocks that were below my bird feeder and plant Cardinal climber vine vines to go up either post on the bird feeder.
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This is the old unstained block that I used last year at the base of my bird feeder. Time for a face lift.
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I Pulled the blocks out of my garden and applied a good coat of stain on them.
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Blocks looking good after final approval inspection by Odette.....
Now to let them dry . Part 2 later. ... sanddune...
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NOTE : Comments, ideas or suggestions are always welcomed, THANKS!
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