Adventures in Upcycling : Can planters

Fun garden DIY to start off the week!

I absolutely love this low cost way to jazz up a boring old fence. 

 

We use a lot of the jumbo sized tomato sauce and green beans cans, so it was not too much trouble to wash them out and save them up. It took a few weeks of yelling "Stop! don't pitch that can!" and only a few dives into the kitchen trash can to get enough for the fence.

 

Once you have amassed enough cans simply add a little spray paint and screw them randomly onto the fence and pick out some flowers. I chose a variety of annual flowers and a couple annual vines to add more depth once they get growing.

 

A Low cost and low effort DIY with a big payoff. 

 

Bonus: 

Froggy in the milk flowers! 

I know, I know! Really over done and soooo last year, but I love it all the same. 

Playhouse

Our wonderful big yard with a fabulous view has a very unfortunate slope that prevents many fun kid toys from being in my yard. One such kid toy is a playhouse.
Enter, stroke of genius!
I realized that the unused space under the deck stairs would be perfect for a playhouse! With the stairs as a roof all it needed was a few walls and a door way. The perfect place for imaginations to roam.
So with the help of my assistant, a few nails in some scrap lumber and a bit of paint, voila!! Playhouse!

 

Flower bed

Better late than never!
I am working on the yard before winter kicks in and hopefully getting a jump on the spring!
I have this lovely flower bed ready to go, not many plants (they will just die) I just moved a couple I already had. I am so glad the pepper plant is up close to the house now and not down at the end of the yard....snakes!!! eek!
This spring I want to fill it with butterfly attracting plants and a few veggies!! ^_^