Last spring I was given a bunch of poppy pods for arts and crafts projects. Months later, they were still sitting in the same bag. So the kids and I decided to create a poppy head army for our container plants.
Pod Power!
Our pod soldiers are as cool as they are powerful. Superheroes, even! They protect our castle with determined focus and fair justice.
They stay planted in their belief that goodness will always prevail.
They encourage hope and inner peas to grow, and they root out evil.
Most importantly, they defend our indoor plants from the villainous doings of alternative-litter-box-seeking kitties. Yes, they are anti-poop poppy pods.
Security pods defend the treasure of the Money Tree.
Nanny pods will watch over the growth of young seedlings in the nursery each season (thanks, Bonnie, for your great suggestion).
Nay, the tenacious tendrils of evil will not take hold in this home. Poppy pods, you are the light against the shade. Away, all seedy characters! The Pods of Justice reside here! First inner peas, then World Peas! Just think of all the other good that could stem from this.
Little buds, such defenders of good, welcome to the family. May you never leaf us.
VERY clever and adorable!! Your prose is perfect, too! Really entertaining post! I enjoyed it!
So cute – I love that you had your kids involved in this wonderful idea! I really enjoy reading your blog!
Those are fun–great kid craft.
Great idea – and looks like loads of fun too.
The kids did have a great time making the pod people. They got very creative with their army, I must say. Thanks for all your comments!
Hi Meredith, I absolutely love this post!!! What a creative family!!!
Oh Meredith, that just looks soooo good. You guys did a heck of a job. I think you might just have the winning answer for the weed control in the path.
I visited a garden a few years ago that had granite paths. He had edgeing on his but at the spots where the beds were to big to reach from the paths there would be a flag stone and the edgeing would stop on either side of it. Some times there was another flag stone further out in the bed. It was the limestone rocks with the reddish color in it. It matched the granite real well although sand stone would look good as well.
Good suggestion, Bob, and thanks. We do have a few flagstone “paths” in the beds from before — as I finish weeding the beds, I’ll take another look at the state of the flagstone — might be time for an update!
Hello,
Great idea and it’s so funny.
How cute! I especially like the Welcome sign. I confess I am in full blown empty nest syndrome, as my youngest child graduated from college in May and moved about 2500 miles away. So crafty projects like this bring back lots of fun memories!
Crafts are fun, no matter the age or the reason. Now that your kids are all grown up, there’s no limit to what you can do! My oldest is a teenager now, and I’m already feeling the inkling of “oh no, college is just around the corner”!