That is a really great fairy garden!
Love it!
I would like to have a moss garden-they
look so wonderful-but here in NW Floriday
it is too hot had dry sor much moss. Even
when we have a summer with LOTS fo rain
I have trouble keeping my ressurection
fern on the tree limbs green.
The frog is awesome--thanks for showing us .

I turned a small bog garden into a fairy garden this year. There are bog plants around the edges and a big patch of moss in the center-it looks like a grassy lawn. The moss was growing in the gutters so I figured that if it could grow there it would do okay in the bog. It started out as patches but it didn't take long for all the patches to grow together. I have a child's plastic doll house on a big flat rock for their home, and it is surrounded with all the rocks I bring back from out travels. I can't wait to see how it looks after winter. I know the bog plants will do fine but hope the moss is happy too. It was a very unusually wet summer here-perfect for moss.

Love your fairy garden Katy! The mosses look great in there too. I hope they will survive the winter....I'm guessing they will.

And the FROG...OMGosh....I LOVE him!

As a former resident of CT, I'm going to guess that the frog lives in Willimantic, a/k/a Thread City. He's just great ! So colorful !

I always wondered about the inspiration for the spool. I'd wager you're right.

When I took the picture this property was off Pearl Street in Mystic, CT. Lovely people there - I didn't think to ask its origin.

Really nice.

Your saucers reminded me of my second attempt. I got my houses from the thrift store for about a buck each.

Hi Katydidit, with all this cold weather I was wondering if when the time came you were brave enough to leave your beautiful moss garden outside? It looks really great with all the details you put in.
Love the frog.
arcy, that's so cute with the stone paths leading to the houses. I see you are in a cold zone, too, do you leave yours out for the winter?

Oh, yes, the saucer is out there in the corner, under snow. Will update on that in the spirng, promise.

Arcy:
Great little houses. Don't you just love a bargain!
Ditto on that question - are you dealing with freeze? Why was this one your second attempt?

I love them all. Those path lights made out of golf tees and marbles are adorable. I've got an old saucer....!
Can't wait for spring.
Kathy

Hi all!

Happy first day of Spring - especially for we northerners!!! Record snowfalls, record days below zero, that's what we had here in CT. I'm anxious about my saucer garden, but still optimistic. I took the last pix yesterday - the last day of winter. I can't yet get any closer than that pix shows but from what I can see, it's only the Blue Star Creeper that looks iffy to me. The three pix below are from Jan 21, Feb 14, and Mar 19, 2014. I still have a frozen stream along the path.

In anticipation of success for this saucer experiment, let me add a few notes and tips that I forgot to include above.

On my second try I used a lot of local dirt over the base of potting soil. Seems happier - potting soil not earthy enough?

This sled is made of aluminum. I don't know about plastic - might its chemicals leach into the dirt over time? Maybe a year or two would be okay? I don't know - anybody else?

Since last summer I water (drizzle) with rain water only, and only when needed, concentrating on the drier perimeter, letting it soak to the center.

All that said, I'll probably finish this thread with one more pix in early summer - with critters. As for the rest of my time in here - I'm still learning from everyone else - with very little expertise.

Onward and upward for us all - flowers included!

-- K

One more thing - a little irony I thought I'd pass along. This pix is from a catalog ad. I already have (and showed) every item in these two offerings. So I just sorta wonder if someone in that company cruises the garden forums!

I left a number for the adventurous - I'm not selling anything [big grin, no winks] but that fencing is great and I don't see it too often.

Adorable! Thx for all the pics!! Eye Candy! I just bought some BIG pots as they dry out so fast....but always have to have a mini ....you can't call urself a junker without one!!!ha! ;-)