Aqua globe-d! When it hits 104 F (40 C) you know

Your little garden is fabulous, & what a neat idea. keep up your gardening as it is good 4 the soul when the city gets to U

the Aqua globes are brilliant Raquel

You've got some pretty colours there Raquel :)
Your poor plants must be really thirsty in that intense heat :(

You do well to grow so many pretty plants in such hot, dry conditions. :o)

The aqua globes are a great idea and look pretty too. Crazy Di would need to put in a bulk order for her 400 pots!!!

Yes, Crazy Di would have a whole universe of globes. Lol.

I've never seen these before - why don't they exist in the UK?? or do they??

Think I've seen clear ones but not pretty blue ones.

plants look great Raquel ur kept pretty busy with all the watering keep up the good work :~)))

They are a good idea, and look nice aswell :o)

Agree with all...very useful and decorative too !

Thank you Doon. Yes, gardening is great also when I feel a little down...been trying to make more shade with vines, but not succeeding too well yet! I'm trying to green that urban space.

Thanks Irish. I love that they're made of glass.

Thanks Louise1, I enjoy colorful flowers...Yes, right now they're really thirsty, it's just too hot - today it was around 100 F (38 C) and doesn't look like it will cool off any time soon. =( It was the hottest June on record, even hotter than June 1980!

Thanks TT. It is very hot but also humid (stepping outside is like stepping into a sauna!) I think it gets dry in the pots because there's also a lot of wind and I'm on the third floor...and all my plants are in containers, so they can't draw water from any other source like they could in a garden.

Thanks Lily2. Who is crazy Di?

Hi Spritz - like Lily2, Milky has said that she has seen them...but others in the UK have written that they have never seen them. So maybe they're available in some parts of the country and not in others?

Thanks Mobee, Hywel and BB - yes, watering takes awhile! And now I have to fill the globes too! lol but it is helping to keep my plants in better shape through the depths of summer...!

In addition to blue ones we also have green, turquoise and pink with splotches. The pink is the prettiest one, but it only comes in a very small size. I haven't seen clear ones here.

Craydi is another member who came top of the pots in a recent blog 'pots and containers' with a massive 400 pots in her garden!

oh! I should look at that blog! thanks Lily2.

Raquel! I just posted to your 2008 picture of the cardinal. I thought you were in the UK. I live in Florida. The aqua globes are beautiful. I never thought to get them for my porch plants, they would be lovely. I gave several to daughters in law and daughters for Christmas. Guess I will splurge on us now. Pat

Thanks, Paticiamb! Will check out the post on the picture. Hee hee no live here in Texas, since 2002! Prior to that I lived in Virginia. The aqua globes are nice, I finally found enough for al the pots! If you have Walgreen's in Florida, check it out - that's where I finally found more! Yes, unfortunately, they are pricey - but worth the splurge!