Making Flower Containers That Survive Snow

 I don't normally do container gardening.

But since we are moving this summer, container

gardening gives us a chance to take flowers with us

(and save a little cash.)

 Since I can't afford (or carry) big ceramic planters,

I collected a bunch of cheapo plastic ones at auctions.

I tried textured Rustoleum spraypaint to spiff them up.

I found if you spray a solid matte base color on the

containers first (close to the color of the textured spraypaint), 

the textured spraypaint works much better.

Make sure you hit the top interior.

 I did three of these container pots for our open house on Sunday.

 Problem #1:

Snow forecast.

So I only purchased kale,

pansies and dianthus.

Problem #2:

The soil was rock solid frozen in these three

containers in front of the house.

So I just set the leftover plants in them.

(Easier to cover if I need to.)

They will have to wait their turn until after the open house.