Porch Pot

 

Friend Nancy said she was looking for porch pots to put next to her front door for the season.  She explained what they looked like and I thought I'd give it a try.   First watched a YouTube about how to do it.  The lady on the video used evergreen, fir, cedar, and juniper boughs.  She stuck in a couple of sticks that had been sprayed white and one sprig of fake red berries on a stick.  I can do that but on a smaller scale.  Mine would need to fit atop the bench by the front door (which was looking barren since I'd tucked away the flowers that had sat there all summer) to be out of the way of the plow guy.   The video described packing a pot w/ dirt and then pouring water on it so it would freeze in place.  I would sacrifice one of my clay pots.  Was pretty sure freezing water in a clay pot would break it eventually but as Brother Phil pointed out, I have a lot of clay pots.  When I went out to look for one I noticed this metal pail and figured it might make it through the freezing process.   Cedar and juniper don't grow here but I could get evergreen and fir.  I tried for hemlock but found a big tree had blown down across the trail.  Will come out w/ the chainsaw later to fix that. Instead of spraying some twigs white, I found a fallen white birch.  The smallest branches aren't white on a birch but I cut a couple of birch branches to add upward stability for my creation.  Not sure why the YouTube lady only used one sprig of berries.  It was a good year here for winter berries so I put quite a few in the display.   They may fall off the twigs before the end of winter but right now I like their pop of color.  Enjoyed gathering all the parts and putting it together.  It's OK but next year's will be even better.