The Whiskey Barrel Garden: It’s Alive!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot.

So, you all may remember that I was awfully worried about my Whiskey Barrel Planter after Mother’s Day brought frost to my neck of the woods, but I’m happy to say that it bounced right back – for the most part.  The phlox has needed a little extra attention, and it still looks a little bit sad, but it looks much better than before!

I have loved, LOVED this little garden project, and it’s gotten compliments from a lot of people!  In fact, it has me itching to do more gardening.  We just put an offer on a new house over the weekend (I have my fingers crossed!!) and I would love to #DigIn to that space as well… but I will have to exercise patience, haha.

If you are thinking of tackling a whiskey barrel planter – or any kind of container garden – for yourself, I would recommend it as a great, simple project.  Once I had all my supplies from The Home Depot, I was done in under an hour.

You can visit my tutorial post if you want more information (including the how-to video), and let me offer you these tips as some quick advice:

1. Pick a planter that you love.  For us, we loved the rustic look of our authentic whiskey barrel!
2. Decide where you want it, and check how much sun and shade that area gets each day.
3. Find flowers that are well-suited to your region and the amount of sun, shade, and water you’re able to provide.  
4. Allow for drainage – if your planter doesn’t have drainage holes, drilling a few is easy.
5. Ensure you’re past the first frost before you plant.  Ahem.  Lesson learned here.
6. Get creative and plant whatever you love!  Edibles, flowers – there are options in every climate for every space that are beautiful, practical, easy, challenging – whatever you’re looking for to enhance your patio or deck.

That’s really it!  I know new gardeners are probably skeptical of it being that easy, but I assure you – if I can do it, YOU can do it!  My favorite part has been showing my daughter how to care for our plants.  

She asks every day if it’s time to water them.  (Bonus for me – I have someone to remind me all the time to water the plants, haha!)

If you have any questions along the way, feel free to drop me a note, or you can check any of the great resources at the Home Depot Garden Club for tips, tricks, advice and inspiration.

Happy gardening!

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot.