Miniature Plants for the Fairy Garden
Aren't these adorable? The tiny miniature plants are in 2" pots. Aidan chose the top left plant, peperomia. Sophie chose the pink splash plant on the bottom left and I chose the ivy.
Aidan says we need to buy two plants each time we visit Showplace Garden Center.
Danielle, who works at Showplace, gave Sophie and Aidan a mini course on watering, when to trim the leaves and general plant care.
Aidan has decided to have a gnome home instead of a fairy home. Since we are making the Fairy/GnomeHomes, I gave them the choice of a round, square or rectangular home.
Aidan promptly asked if he could choose a trapezoid. Ok, well, I guess we could do that... later! He just turned seven in December; was not expecting that!
They are so excited over this project!
Searching for hypertufa recipes on the web, I found a recipe, which sounds pretty good for our little homes. 1 part perlite, 1 part peatmoss, 1 part Portland cement and 1 part contractor's sand and water.
Our plan is to start with a couple of small homes first and see how the recipe works. We can tweak the recipe if need be, before tackling a bigger home.
More to follow...
