Is pansylicious a word? It should be.
I know, I know. We haven't exactly passed the spring equinox or St Patrick's Day yet, but they were selling them at Home Depot. So, I figure if they are selling them, I will buy them.
I ran home, potted them up and put them in my iron hanging planter on my front porch.
I know that pansies come in all sorts of colors, but I tend to stick with the light blue and bright yellow.
I always think I'll venture outside my comfort zone and pick a burgundy or something wild and crazy like that. But I always come home with the blues and yellows. They just shout spring to me.
Does anyone else need to stick forks in your plants, so the birds don't make nests in them?
I spent the better part of the summer last year with bird poop running down the wall beside my front door, because they insisted on making a nest in this planter. Did you know that baby birds don't leave the nest to do their dirty work?
Decided to nip it in the bud this year. Or poke them in the butt.
TARYTERRE
Pretty pansies. COLORFUL. Like the yellow ones. Love the fork idea. My mom can't put a wreath on her door because all the birds make nests in it? Drives her crazy. Take care.
Marsha
I love your planter and the pansies you planted are my favorite colors! My pansies are looking pretty good this week, too. They have moved on to summer flowers at our local home store. They still have pansies, but the annuals are on their way....guess the hot weather will be here soon, too.
susie @ persimmon moon cottage
Love your pansies and your fork idea. Hope it does nip your bird problem. Last year some hooligan creatures kept yanking my plants out of the pots. I had the bright idea to make a poultice out of Tiger Balm and Vicks (the axle grease kind) and put it just around the edge on the flower pots. The poultice kept the plants in the pot and the animals out. It was working great, but within two and a half weeks apparently the fumes from my anti-critter poultice killed off my plants. My once beautiful plants looked like something from the Adams family front porch. This year I'll booby trap my plants with forks instead. Thanks for the idea.
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I love Pansy's too, especially the blue ones. They are so pretty and Springlike!
NanaDiana
Loving those pansies. I always pick the blue ones too, but I like the pale yellow ones and I like the white ones mixed in, too. LOVE them. Great idea with the forks. We had a nest by our side door last year and it just about ruined the siding...but it was sooooo cute I didn't mind. xo Diana
Country Dreaming
What a great idea--using the fork. I've used forks for holding plants up but not this. I WILL remember this though.
Melinda
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
So pretty, Pam! I can't wait until we can have pansies here...and it hit 60 degrees today!
Tete
Pansies are my favorite little flower! I have crocus blooming today!
I will have to remember the forks.
Linda @ A La Carte
Those are so pretty! I love the blue and yellow the best! I might have to look for some to plant soon!
iSavortheWeekend
Yes, that is a word, look it up!! lol! You make me want to run out and buy me some too. I have off this coming Thursday and Friday so I think that will be something I might do 🙂 Yay for Spring and for pretty pansies 🙂
Kim K.
I can't wait to plant pansies. We've never had to add forks...interesting way to keep birds away. Brilliant actually.
Meri
Give me pansies of any color, I love them all.
What a great idea with the forks. Going to try it here hoping to keep the kitties out of the pots.
Maria Elena
The flowers are beautiful! Never knew about the fork! Great tip! I am with Sally, the birds destroyed my wreath also last year! LOL
Happier Than a Pig in Mud
The flowers are beautiful! Never heard of the fork idea before, hope it works for you:@)
Pat
What a hoot! That is so funny, sticking a fork in the pots, "butt" if it works... and color coordinated too!
Did you ever go "forking" when you were a teenager? We would go buy a couple hundred plastic forks and when it was cool at night we would go "fork" someone's front yard.(stab them into the ground) If it froze in the night, they had an extra hard time getting them out of their yards!
Sally
This may be the best tip ever, Pam! Now, if I can just figure out a way to make an attractive wreath out of forks to hang on my front porch - LOL. The birds like to build nests there, and totally ruined a wreath last year!