My great find today
Posted: February 21st, 2010, 4:14 pm
I can't believe my luck: I think I'm meant to be a Bonsai person.
I took my teenage daughter out for a driving lesson this arvo and we were going down a gravel road and I noticed some plastic garden pots dumped in the bush - I'm always on the lookout for of them. Turned out there were only 4 or 5 but also got some of that Nylex plastic fencing which I was going to buy this week for a Jasmine plant I got. Also got some milk-type plastic crates and to top it off three old Bonsai pots. There was a really nice rectangular one there but it was broken in half. Needless to say while all this was going on, teenage daughter is highly embarrassed about dad rooting around in a pile of rubbish.
Anyway, I put all the stuff in the car (which my wife had only vacuumed an hour before - she ain't going to like the dirt everywhere now if she sees it before I get a chance to clean up) and thought I would have one more look (actually it was the 3rd or 4th time I went back). And I'm so glad I went back because I found a heavy stainless steel pot turntable (it's still got the dirt on it - couldn't wait to wash it before taking the pics):
Got some white Wisteria that I can't wait to get into that big pot.
I'm literally over the moon as I was planning to buy one soon but wasn't happy about the prices being asked for the plastic ones ($30 to $70 - the same $30 ones cost just $13 including postage to buy online from the UK!). All this one needs is some new rubber stuck on the top and it's a goer. I would hate to think how much this would cost retail if you didn't have the wherewithal to make one like it.
I took my teenage daughter out for a driving lesson this arvo and we were going down a gravel road and I noticed some plastic garden pots dumped in the bush - I'm always on the lookout for of them. Turned out there were only 4 or 5 but also got some of that Nylex plastic fencing which I was going to buy this week for a Jasmine plant I got. Also got some milk-type plastic crates and to top it off three old Bonsai pots. There was a really nice rectangular one there but it was broken in half. Needless to say while all this was going on, teenage daughter is highly embarrassed about dad rooting around in a pile of rubbish.
Anyway, I put all the stuff in the car (which my wife had only vacuumed an hour before - she ain't going to like the dirt everywhere now if she sees it before I get a chance to clean up) and thought I would have one more look (actually it was the 3rd or 4th time I went back). And I'm so glad I went back because I found a heavy stainless steel pot turntable (it's still got the dirt on it - couldn't wait to wash it before taking the pics):
I'm literally over the moon as I was planning to buy one soon but wasn't happy about the prices being asked for the plastic ones ($30 to $70 - the same $30 ones cost just $13 including postage to buy online from the UK!). All this one needs is some new rubber stuck on the top and it's a goer. I would hate to think how much this would cost retail if you didn't have the wherewithal to make one like it.
