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Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2015

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. 



Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Adventures in Gardening!

We check in with our heroine in the backyard of the family's new home, toasting under the July sun while working in her two 8X4 garden beds.
"Why are my strawberries rotting on the vine?" she ponders to no one it particular, seeing as everyone else is ensconced in the AC cooled house.
But, never fear lady hero! Google is on the case and revels that...wait for it...strawberries can't be left on the ground to ripen. They will rot. 
"Thank you Google!" Cries our relived, and somewhat embarrassed, heroine.
Tune in next time to see what other perils await our gardening maven!
*FADE TO BLACK*




Thursday, May 2, 2013

Mary, Mary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

My garden grows in egg cartons,


Upcycled deck wood flower boxed,




My garden grows in my great grandfathers canisters,

And my garden has an 80 year olds love for garden gnomes....don't be a hater they are awesome!
Friday, October 5, 2012

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!! ^_^