While rummaging around an old barn in Pleasant Grove, Utah, we found a large pile of old logs. This included the stump already posted on this site and some beautifully aged logs such as this one. Slowly we have been getting to them, carefully digging them out and preparing them for plants. This one is almost done. There is just a little more work needed to dig out the left side to make it deep enough for the plants we have in mind.
The pattern we have chosen here for planting simply follows a natural flow of the wood and is just a deeper version of what was already there. The whole thing was done in about 2 hours with chisels. Not too hard.
We will not need to add drainage hole to this log since there is a natural drainage flow to the right side and since the plants and soil to be placed in here will already be high drainage and low water content.
The top picture shows how the natural lay of the log is. Most likely, rock garden friendly plants will go in this planter. However, wooley thyme would look great in it too. The key is to select plants that will live in the rougher soil conditions and be low lying. The design of the log wouldn't look too good with plants that reach too high. Plants that will spread out a bit and maybe hang over the edge will look great. We'll see how it turns out.
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