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Garden Grots

11/25/2014

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After seeing my first Grot on Blue Fox Farm blog, I fell in love with these little creatures.
But what is a Grot? A Grot is a mystical, fairy-like creature. They live in the forest or a garden.  When humans are around, they look like your average rock on the ground but in the evening, when no human is present, they pop their little heads/bodies out of the earth and dance in the garden or can even protect your garden. According to lore.
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I seem to always have a little mix left over from making my concrete leaves. So I started making these little faces/grots.
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Here is a close-up of some of the faces with a quick tutorial:
1. Make a ball of your mix.
2. Put the ball onto plastic wrap. (See above picture)
3. Work your ball into an oval or round face.
4. Using two fingers poke them into the mix for the eyes.
5. Notice all the lips are different, work the cement into any form of lip you would like.
6. Make a separate little ball for your nose, form it into a what looks like a nose and put onto your face.
7. Let dry for several days before moving them.
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or in a container garden. What fun you will have when friends ask what they are!
Put them in your bird baths . . . . . . . .
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Pamela Groppe link
11/25/2014 01:44:25 am

How fun is this. Perfect for my newly emerging succulent gardens in hypertufa troughs.

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Jonni
11/30/2014 02:09:52 am

Thanks Pamela, they are fun.

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Kristin Crouch link
11/25/2014 05:30:01 am

What a cute idea. I love whimsy in the garden.

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Jonni
11/30/2014 02:10:21 am

Thanks Kristin, I do love whimsy.

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