I’ve had a pot by my front door for about a year and a half now. When I first moved to this house, I planted it with a fabulous little daphne, some nepeta and I think a couple annuals. Well, everything has filled in nicely – except growing towards the back, of course towards the sun. So I filled the empty void with Buddha. This isn’t so much a philosophical statement, as it is a literal one. I bought an amazing gold tinted Buddha head from a statuary store in HMB and I love it!
I like the colouring! Honestly it’s funny, I sigh longingly anytime anyone says Daphne. The fragrance is amazing! I’m really not sure why I haven’t found an excuse to use it in my garden.
Cool picture! Did you use hipstamatic?
Yup
This certainly gives a new meaning to POT HEAD.
I like the arrangement.
The head-only, slightly on one side, and the vegetation around it, gives me the feeling of something lying on the jungle floor in an adandoned Cambodian temple.
Also gives the impression, with its eyes the way they are, of being asleep.
I’ve got a buddha, but it’s a mass-produced one, sitting in the formal lotus position. Far too rigid and formal, really.
I’ll echo what Robur said – awesome evokative placement. What a great buy.
I saw you post on another site that you loved fin de bagnol string beans. I have a question, are they a pole variety or a bush variety? I got the from seed savers and they have no instructions whatsoever. How have you grown them in the past?
Well, I believe those are pole beans… but I always let my beans just hang where ever they are planted. It keeps their roots a bit stronger and I get greater yield. This is not for everyone, so if you want you can let them pole. If they bush out then no harm no foul.