Still playing with succulents.  Yesterday I went to a succulent show and sale up at Sky Nursery in Shoreline.  It was so much fun.  There was more sale than show, actually, but that's ok because I really wanted to buy anyway.  I didn't buy too many, as I don't really have the room for anymore, but found a few unusual ones.  I especially liked this one.  It's called Crassula tomentosa.  Isn't it just fun?

I've made a few more planters and have been having so much fun doing those.  It's a challenge, though, to find plants that go together, as I don't have a lot to choose from.  I watch YouTube videos of people putting together planters and they have tons of plants to choose from and that makes it look so easy, but when you don't have so many, it makes it a bit harder.  Here's my latest ones.

All the planters are from thrift stores.  That's my new passion, too, is looking for planters to put the plants in.  But sometimes I see people's collections and each plant is in it's own planter and I like that too.  I'll probably end up with some of each, but I like it when all the individual planters are the same.  So I'm not sure how that would work.

I'm also making an outdoor rock garden.  I have the perfect spot in my back yard under the eaves so they won't get too much rain.  I'm not sure if they'll get enough sun there, but many of the harder succulents will tolerate some shade so I'll just have to wait and see how it goes.  Here's what I have so far.  I did buy 5 more plants yesterday to add to it.  I hope to put those in today.

I want to add rocks like in the lower left hand corner all around the plants.  I've picked up the ones I have so far from our back yard.  It's a lot of work picking them up, though, and what I'd really like to do is go to a river or something where they have lots of rocks and get some there.  I think they'd be a lot nicer too.  Anyway, it's a work in progress and, although I am only putting in hardy succulents, it will be interesting to see what makes it through the winter.

Lastly, is animal shaped planters.  I've come to love them.  They're just the perfect planters for succulents.  Here are two that I have so far.

Aren't they just fun!  I found the duck one at TJ Max on clearance for only $1.50.  The other was a thrift store find.

Yesterday I was wishing I had never gotten started with succulents.  I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed with them because I'm running out of space for them all.  Somehow I have to find a way to manage them.  I've been taking them outside every day to get some sun and bringing them back in at night.  But I won't be able to do this much longer because of rain.  Then some of them will stretch and get misshapen from not enough sun and I'll have to consider getting grow lights.  I don't know if I really want to go there or not.  I am committed to them now, however, so will just have to deal with the problems as they come up.

I need to get going.  Happy days!