It is that time of year to get out some seasonal whimsy. Does the time I spent doing this count as gardening? I guess that could be stretching it a bit.
I get some crazy ideas, some inspired by others, some just pop into my head at strange times of the day and night. I love word play .. the using of words in different spellings … like my 2sDay posts, ‘purse’onality, ‘soup’er Sunday and my favourite ‘purr’enials. When I saw a play on words Ho, Ho, Ho I knew I had to have it for my garden.
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So in the summer of 2007 I hunted around garage sales and flea markets to buy some old hoes to use in my Hoe, Hoe, Hoe Christmas sign. The hoes are a little rusty … maybe from all the scritch scratching in the gardens over the summer months, or maybe from sitting around outside over the festive season.
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The rebar was used in the summer to hold my tipsy pots and this year I left it in the ground so I could tie the hoes firmly around it. Now my whimsical Christmas message will be greeting you if you stop by for a visit. I used an old garden sign that had faded from being out in the sun for a couple of years so painted it over white, added a couple of bunches of holly leaves and the words Hoe, Hoe, Hoe. Not quite Santa’s version of Ho Ho Ho but a whimsical version for a gardener.
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![Christmas line](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/c-line2.gif)
Have you seen some of my other ideas for Christmas decorating?
Christmas tree ideas: