A Garden Tub
Happy Sunday! I hope yours has been a wonderful one!
My hubby and brother-in-law, Jim, were very good boys when they brought home two vintage bathtubs that they found for $25 each at a local horse farm. The tubs were being used as water troughs for the farm's horses. My sister and I wanted them for our gardens and today we filled ours with dirt and flowers.....
Do you remember this? I couldn't decide what color to paint it and it eventually made its' way to our garden. When we entertain I'll put candles in it and light them for fun ambiance. I love cottage gardening because it is lighthearted, playful AND very forgiving for gardeners like me who do NOT have a green thumb! ;-)
I LOVE your red Gerber daisies!!! How appropriate! I can not wait until the weather is good for a garden here. I think I will actually try vegetables this year so I can make yummy salads. And I'm thinking about Gerber daisies now too..thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: bethany | February 24, 2008 at 03:37 PM
That is just the cutest!So Springy!
Posted by: Carol | February 24, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Looks great......very whimsical. Can't wait to start gardening here in PA.....it will be a little while :-) Rosie
Posted by: Rosie | February 24, 2008 at 03:59 PM
The bathtub flower gardens are adorable! I've been looking for the galvanized steel troughs to use as a raised vegetable garden. Now, if I see a bathtub before I find the steel troughs I know that will work, too!
Thanks for sharing! It's really charming!
Posted by: LadyLaura | February 24, 2008 at 04:03 PM
that just made me SMILE. Love that look. 1 question...how did you deal with drainage?
Posted by: traci | February 24, 2008 at 04:22 PM
Thank you!!!
Traci - there is a hole at the bottom of the tub so we lined the bottom with rocks and the tub is perched on a few bricks to help with the drainage... hope we did this right! ;-)
Kim
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | February 24, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Oh, it's all adorable!! But mostly I'm just jealous because I'm sitting by the fire on a gray, dreary, cold day and have major spring fever!!
Posted by: Gina | February 24, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Too cute! I love that idea.
Posted by: Carrie | February 24, 2008 at 05:25 PM
How lucky that you live in an area where you can plant flowers so soon! Plant some for me too, ok?
Posted by: Kathleen Grace | February 24, 2008 at 06:03 PM
that is pretty awesome.
Posted by: dan | February 24, 2008 at 06:24 PM
Now how cute is that!!!
Posted by: Leigh | February 24, 2008 at 06:38 PM
Oh Kim that looks fabulous.
What great husbands.
Alison
Posted by: Alison Gibbs | February 24, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Very nice! How can I train my husband to bring home such great items? ;-)
Posted by: Leanna | February 24, 2008 at 07:24 PM
Oh, I want one! How lucky to have been the beneficiary of these beauties. Love your flowers too. Very colorful and food for the senses.
Brenda
Posted by: Brenda Kula | February 24, 2008 at 07:29 PM
Kim, thats a clever idea! Your new planter filled with red gerber daisies and yellow marigolds is pretty as can be:)
What sweet DH's you girls have to bring the garden tubs home for you!
Enjoy your new find:)
Debbie L.
Posted by: Debbie L. | February 24, 2008 at 07:59 PM
I love your garden tub, I want to plant flowers but it's a little chilly here in Ohio for that. I love your website and the music. I had my husband listen to it tonight. Stop by and visit sometime.
LeAnn :)
Posted by: LeAnn Huntington | February 24, 2008 at 08:03 PM
I love your garden tub, I want to plant flowers but it's a little chilly here in Ohio for that. I love your website and the music. I had my husband listen to it tonight. Stop by and visit sometime.
LeAnn :)
Posted by: LeAnn Huntington | February 24, 2008 at 08:03 PM
I love the tub filled with flowers, I wish it was warm enough to start planting around here. Katie
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Posted by: Katie B. | February 24, 2008 at 08:06 PM
Love the tub planter, when I was growing up we lived a big house in Sherman Oaks Calif. and the upstairs bath had a wonderful Claw tub bath and it was painted Purple! Yes easter egg purple. We loved that tub! Enjoy your garden Tub, it looks wonderful.
Posted by: Saturdayfinds | February 24, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Just had to say that visiting with you on your blog has really been a good thing...
You don't know the pleasure of looking over your daily notes, enjoying the pictures and the recipes are to die for...my granddaughter is a big fan of your peanut butter kiss cookies...I'm the absolutely best cookie cooker according to her...thanks for lifting me up...the tub may it bring the prettiest blooms for Daisy Cottage...
Posted by: Oma | February 24, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Love the tub! I want one for a fish pond! Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | February 24, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Oh the hope of spring! Thanks!
Posted by: Brenda | February 24, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Your tub garden is just beautiful! Love the red Gerber daisies with the little yellow flowers too! So pretty! I have a tub garden too! However, mine is looking pretty dead right now! Spring is coming though and hopefull we will have some spring rain here in Georgia.
Posted by: Barbara | February 25, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Good morning,
great! Your basin looks so great, I love these old things, planted with flowers.
Sigrun
Posted by: Sigrun | February 25, 2008 at 12:27 AM
LOVE IT!
Posted by: Devilish Southern Belle | February 25, 2008 at 12:35 AM