There are so many uses for newspaper and cardboard recycling in the garden that I've gotten to the point that I can't live without this stuff. My first yard was built using the 'Layering or Lasagna" method and the yard I'm dealing with now does have
Read more…No matter what type of gardening you do, trellises are in demand! I had a strong wind hit and it just about took all my hollyhocks down right at the time of their prime bloom. I wound up having to cut them down except for one beautiful pink one.
This year I have truly noticed a change in the weather patterns. I live in a coastal area and the fog banks this summer left me in a cold cloud for a couple of weeks. On several days the fog never burned off. With this happening it cemented the "Gree
Read more…My youngest son completed a college-course sheet metal program and was continually bringing "NEAT" stuff home to show us. As scrap metal, it is too thin to have much weight or value. Looking at this stuff, a plan began to foment and I told him to k
Read more…I'm planning to set up some new wooden planter box gardens soon. I'm in an apartment so container gardening is my only option. Do you have any suggestions of what I could line my boxes with to prolong the life of the wood that's more environmentally
Read more…So I am looking for ideas that I am going to make during the winter for the garden next spring. I am planning two benches that are going to be for public areas (like the garden out front to encourage the passer by to linger)
“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the
corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning
of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the
stranger.” Levi
Here's a few more great ideas for using old doors in your garden.
Remember that great Merl Haggard song, "Swinging Doors". Well, this door is really swinging!
For your evening event, don
I know that some of you are very interested in mosaic. Trying to keep it garden focused, I have done a bit of searching for some nice garden and porch display ideas. Enjoy!
AFTER!
House number plaques make wonderful gifts for any
If it's time to recycle your old laundry basket or the next time you run into some cheap laundry baskets at a garage sale, you might want to try this. Fill the baskets with about 2" of soil & compost, then put a seed potato into each basket (each po
Read more…I love old boxes and in my younger days they were part of my furniture. Years later when I opened up my gift shop all I could afford for shelving were fruit stand boxes. Over time I was finally able to buy "normal" shop fixtures and sold all those fr
Read more…I hate landfills! I feel so guilty every time I toss a can! I try to be good but some things just don't come in a jar! We have to put our heads together and start thinking about better ways to recycle this stuff. Here's a few for inspiration!
Milk and juice bottles sure have a place in the garden. I've seen people use water filled milk jugs as weights to hold down row covers and train branches of fruit trees. Here's a few other great ideas.
Ladders are ancient tools and technology. A ladder is depicted in a Mesolithic rock painting in a cave in Valencia, Spain that is at least 10,000 years old. The rock painting shows 2 naked humans carrying baskets or bags on a long ladder that appears
Read more…Gardening gets "Down & Dirty" and the suns rays can be pretty hard on cloth. If your needing to create shade in a greenhouse, garden shed or on your patio, consider using "Paint Drop Cloths". If your not concerned about their looks and have some arou
Read more…Talk about a fast evolution! Satellite dishes use to take up major garden space just so we could watch t.v. If your down to a smaller sized dish you may be thinking what to do with the big one. Here's so good ideas to try out.
These can real
I know that a Greenhouse is in my future and that gives me a bit of a chance to think about what I want to salvage and recycle to go into my Greenhouse to make it comfortable for my plants and for myself. I do have limitations now and my body reminds
Read more…I know of so many people who no longer use the bowling ball. I have put the word out that I am wanting a few for yard art.
