Hard to tell but this one as well

Mark,
Do you happen to know the names of these paddle cactus? What colors the fowers? Are they hardy to zone 5/6. I have some, yellow and pads has those large spines and a pink w/smaller spines like above.
Stush

The image on page 2 is of a Opuntia pinkavae i THINK
the image on page 3 is of a opuntia microdasys i KNOW
i dont know flower colors but the o pinkavae or whatever was from foothills of Wasatch mtns down by salt lake so it can take cold cold cold. Another hint is that it is the first prickly pear to start growing in the spring. the o microdasys or bunny ear cactus is hardy to 20 they say but mine went down to 18 for a few wet nights and seems fine, also starts growing fairly early.

made 2 more of these today, super easy just split a round into 2 and then split those into 2 again, screw together with 4 3 inch screws and nail any sort of back on it.
I might put chicken wire on them or not, they can be leaned up without losing soil.
on a interesting side note. I got the rounds from my neighbor who had a renter cut down a tree in front of here house to a stump because it would grow 20 ft a year. I think it is empress tree because the leaves are huge. It is easy to work with and has no knots in it even where there was a branch but it is not the $$$ wood the internet would have you believe, it smells astringent and have huge open grained rings, also no pith
anyway ! just wanted to share

Those are really neat planters. I was wondering how they would look planted.
Very cool!

Productive with your creativity, Mark!

Thank you both. I like to fiddle with stuff when I have the time. And it is faster then making a raised bed!

Very cool!!

so my roomate luwanna is going to start selling roasted penuts down at the flea market and she said she should try to sell some of these planters.
would anyone one here buy one if they saw one localy and what type of price would you pay?
THANKS ALOT in advance for answering

ps not trying to sell them on here just figure how much people think these are worth

Mark at the market they'd probably be a bit more. I have no idea though. @webesemps has sold something similar, Bev any ideas?

I think several factors come into play with pricing your own work. You should consider time spent making the product, cost of raw materials, and how much your time is worth making it.
I tree-mailed you with more details.

Good points, Bev. And also the size and type of flea market. In the city I used to live they would fetch probably twice what they would fetch in the town I now live. The city obviously had more people, but it also had a much higher concentration of people interested in supporting local artists and craftmakers.
Hippie city versus redneck town. Not disparaging either, just a totally different mindset.

Good points, JC. I've also noticed that the event venue makes a difference. A juried show versus a flea market or farmers market brings out clientele of different economic means. Again, like you say, "not disparaging either, just a totally different mindset", but with different sized wallet...

thanks guys !
Great input

very unlikely survivors

Great photos Mark!

You know I would be partial to that semp only frame...

Wow, very cool photos! And I also really like the sedum/semp vertical frames.