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You absolutely adore your garden and are
thrilled with the brilliant colors and designs that stare back at you when you
admire the yard from your post on the porch. Everything out there, including the
lawn and garden décor trinkets, are perfect, and you get a great deal of
satisfaction from that realization. However, you are unhappy with the way it all
ends abruptly at the foot of your porch. While you may have decorated the porch
with some nice cedar outdoor furniture, it’s lacking color and natural beauty.
Maybe you could extend the beauty of your garden up onto the porch with deck
rail planters, creating a means for continuing the colorful theme all the way to
your door. Depending on how much color you want to bring to your porch, you can
choose to have just one or two deck rail planters, or you can line your entire
rail with them. You can choose to plant flowers in the boxes, or you can stick
with greenery and leafy plants. If you want to get creative, there are even a
number of small vegetables that will grow rather well in deck rail planters,
including cherry or plum tomatoes and small peppers. In choosing the rail
planters you intend to use, you have an endless number of styles and sizes,
bearing in mind that you will only have so much space on your deck rail.
However, in terms of materials from which to choose, your best option is wood,
specifically cedar. A cedar rail planter will last longer than almost any other
material because cedar is durable and weather resistant due to its natural
properties. Cedar never has to be treated but can be stained to the shade of
your choice or painted to match other garden décor or cedar patio furniture if
you so desire. Deck rail planters are easy to use and planted the same as any
other pot you’ll use, lining the bottom with small rocks, adding soil, and then
either seeds or bulbs or your plants, then topping off with potting soil and
making sure any roots are completely covered. You should follow instructions per
seed or plant for distance to maintain between two units to assure that they
have enough growing and breathing space. Just be sure the planter is balanced
well when placing it on the railing. If you love what you see when you look at
the garden from your porch but feel it’s too far out of reach, add some deck
rail planters to your design, and bring the garden closer to you. |