I got my nursery pot extracted. Most people probably would just forget about salvaging nursery pots, but this was my biggest nursery pot. I personally never buy plants that big, so I don't get very many huge pots unless someone gives them away. It was not easy. I didn't want to crack my pot, so I added a few more layers of cement. Then I had to use a wooden shim a bit around the top edge. And then I had to get the roommate to help - just to hold the planter. He kept having ideas because he wanted to hurry up the process, but I wouldn't let him. I worked much too hard on this pot to let it get broken, so I just kept wiggling, and spraying water, and wiggling, and using that shim until I felt the pot start to give quite a bit. I've pried enough pots out of the cement to recognize that, unfortunately. Then I told the roommate that I was going to prison for murder if he didn't hold the planter firmly, without letting it hit the ground as I pulled that pot out. Turns out that the roommate does a good job of doing some stuff if I threaten him.
I didn't get finished with the inside coating on my last two pots, so that means I'll be trying to get back to work on them Tuesday. I'll give them a good spritz as I head out the door for the hospital in the morning so they won't be too dry. If insomnia takes over, I can always go out in the middle of the night tomorrow night to spritz them again. It doesn't take much strength to lift the plastic garbage bags and my spray bottle. I'll try to have everything set up and ready to go tonight though, because I won't be able to bend for a few days either.
Just finished my last supper - more chiles rellenos. I opted to fuss making chile rellenos tonight instead of working on my cement planters because I just ran out of time trying to get things done before tomorrow. But at least I managed to get my hair cut and laundry caught up, so I can really relax while recuperating. And that also means that I may have more time to work on my planters as I am feeling my energy return. The roommate has to water for a week, because that counts as lifting more than ten pounds. Although I can't lift at all the first three days.
@DavidofDeLand, are you using any kind of sealant on your planters before you begin painting them? The very next two acorns I get are going to be for you David! I promise. I'm just not a very prolific contributor, so I don't get many acorns either. I give them away almost as fast as I get them. Wow! I just noticed that you get acorns every time you post pictures in this thread. Sorry I haven't been following suit - but I will get right on it. And I better take some better pictures so I can get more acorns myself.
Sorry no pictures tonight. Not enough time to take them with all the last minute stuff I've been doing the last couple days. But I hope to by next weekend.
