Your
Pots And Aging -
Age
isn't necessarily a bad thing
Unlike most things
that tend to look their best when they are spanking new, most containers
look best when they have acquired a patina of age. Trouble is, most
of us want them to look their best NOW!!!
With terra cotta
you only have to be moderately patient. Leave it in the sun and
it will soon acquire that white bloom that comes from salts leaching
out of the soil. Most attractive! (Or you can fake it with a light
mist of white spray paint.) Put it in the shade and it will darken
and grow mossy -- very romantic!
It takes stone
and other materials longer to reach this stage -- but there is a
way to speed up the process. Rub the outside of your pots with yogurt
or paint or buttermilk. Beer works too -- but the aroma may attract
slugs -- which you really don't want! You won't see immediate results,
but this little paint job will speed up the natural (and attractive)
aging process immensely.
Isn't it nice
to know that the aged look can be desirable??
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