What size pot did you use for the simple pot w the large pine cone?

I've always found them at yard sales for a couple dollars, but they have some vintage ones on etsy right now. Just look under bushel basket or orchard basket and a few will come up.

Or if you want brand new ones, I searched around and found an online company called Agri Supply that looks like they have them. They are much more reasonably priced than etsy, but they would be a lighter color since they're brand new and never been out in the weather before. If you really liked the weathered look you could always look on Pinterest for a way to weather baskets.

Depending where you live you might just need to water them in once. That is what I do here in Ohio where the water will then freeze and be enough to last through to well past Christmas. Mine starts to brown and brittle around Valentine's Day.

I made these last November, probably a week before Thanksgiving, and they lasted into February. I finally just got tired of them being on my porch. The key is to use fresh greenery and to water them into the dirt when you first make them. They need that bit of water in the beginning to keep them hydrated through the winter.