Past two years  I've become  increasingly fascinated by succulents for the interior area as well as for the outside. Unfortunately the space in my garden is quite limited. The little ground I have at my disposition is populated by herbs/perennials/bulbs... Therefore most of the succulents found a 'home' in different containers/ pots/ bowls...The cold hardy ones will stay in the garden over the winter. Not that I am confident they all will survive. Simply, indoors I have absolutely no space to take them all in. The “winter-evacuation” is always a big act of logistics (what goes where), a big act of courage ( in the flat I have space for a few pots only and theoretically it's a kind of “mission-impossible” to store them all) and last but not least … it's essential to have available person with a muscular strength to carry all the heavy pots upstairs. Most of you image succulents in cute mini pots. You are right. My terrace is “populated” by hundreds of small containers filled with aeonium/ aloe/ echeveria/ portulaca... But now and then a XXL object appears unexpectedly between all the dwarfs. One of my newest projects: a big clay ball measures 140 cm in circumference! No idea how much it weighs but once filled with soil and plants I am personally unable to lift it up. The manufacture of this ball was partly a teamwork of several ladies from my clay studio and it was really a hard job. When I declared my intention to Ellen, the owner of the workshop, I saw the reservation in her eyes (emphasized still with the words: Good Luck) but I decided to ignore it. I act in life according to the motto: it will work out, somehow. The 3 main problems by designing big clay objects are: it's heavy, it's unwieldy and still, it has to be made quickly as the clay dries out with every passing minute. I am happy to say, the group I am working with in the the clay studio is great: a mix of French/ German and Polish nationalities, very cheerful, creative and helpful. What comes at the end out of this cooperation you can see on the photos. It's not that bad, isn't it?