Saturday 30 May 2015

Awesome Gardening Tricks!




How to Grow Fruit Trees in Containers


5 Easy Steps To Organic Weed Control for Beds & Borders – this is the 'secret' that I've used for years to not be a slave to weeds!  


Water fountain filled with flowers, love this idea


Old Crate Planter Boxes 


Organic Gardening - growing seedlings in recycled containers as greenhouses (salad greens tub and toilet paper tubes)! 



Friday 29 May 2015

Gardening tips!




How To Grow 100 Pounds Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet


How to Install a Dry Creek Bed



Aspirin is the remedy for fungal plant problems, Black spot, powdery mildew, and rust are a terrible trio of fungi, which can attack and destroy your plants. Scientists have found that two uncoated aspirin tablets (325 milligrams each) dissolved in 1 quart of water and used as a foliar spray can thwart these diseases. I have not tried this, but I will. 


Creative DIY Rain Chains


What could we love more than a succulent? A whole garden of succulents, of course! Lucky for us, it's easy to grow a collection of these hardy, colorful plants at home via propagation. 



Thursday 28 May 2015

Garden Tricks!




What an awesome trick! The secret to turning your raised garden bed into a cold frame---just in time for winter.


A typical house has a roof area of 1,200 square feet and four downspouts that will each drain about 300 square feet of roof. That means a rainfall of 0.3 inches will fill a 55-gallon rain barrel placed under each downspout. 


How to re-pot orchids


How to Stain Concrete! Safe and Inexpensive! Using simple and safe ingredients you can change the look of a concrete.


How to Make a Moss Shower Mat



Wednesday 27 May 2015

Creative Gardening Ideas!




Solar lighting in garden using electrical insulators


DIY: How to Create a Walkway with Pallet Wood - tutorial shows how salvaged wood makes a great statement and a useful pathway! 


Growing green onions in water!

 

How to Make Glow in the Dark Stepping Stones: 


The secret to insane planter growth. One ingredient for impressive plants - so easy!



Tuesday 26 May 2015

Outdoor Ideas!




Making A Dry Creek Bed Drainage Canal for Downspouts. One of the most creative ideas I've seen for this project.


Planters made from plastic PVC tubes and mosaic tiles. 


Glowing Flower Pots. Paint flower pots with Rustoleums Glow in the Dark paint. Absorbs sunlight by day glows at night. Great landscape and gardening idea.
 
 
Homemade Weed Killer 1 gallon of white vinegar, 1/2 cup salt, Liquid dish soap (any brand), Empty spray bottle. Put salt in the empty spray bottle and fill it the rest of the way up with white vinegar. Add a squirt of liquid dish soap. This solution works best if you use it on a hot day. Spray it on the weeds in the morning, and as it heats up it will do its work. 



Dog Pond - Place a plastic kiddie pool in the ground. It'd be easy to clean and looks nicer than having it above ground. Big dogs can't chew it up or drag it around. Could work for kids too!
 


Monday 25 May 2015

Outdoor Spaces!



 
Nice retaining wall
 
 
This is almost exactly what I envision... so casual & welcoming! 


Ooh, someone come do this in my yard, please!


♥ this find: $10 at a local flea market, this French door, with its glass panes still intact, separates a tenant’s cozy container garden from the homeowner’s yard. The open design of the door and lattice fence creates a sense of enclosure while still allowing views from adjoining spaces. >> This is super! So whimsical and beautiful!
 
 
I'd never come down... how very neat! 



Sunday 24 May 2015

Heaven is a Garden!




Shade Solutions for Outdoor Rooms



Solar bricks for patio walk  


Your secret garden.


Love the "checkerboard" effect. 


DIY Shuffleboard Court » This might be my summer project



Saturday 23 May 2015

Backyard Ideas!




Back Deck Ideas on a Budget by The Everyday Home


Side yard path? 


The 10 best trees to grow in small yards, or small areas.


A great save for old chair with broken legs! 


Wine-cork bird house



Friday 22 May 2015

Wonderful Garden Tricks!




51 Budget Backyard DIYs That Are Borderline Genius


River rock under downspout 


Intricate paved pathway.


Turn An Old Tire Into A Gorgeous Planter 


Flatten a banana peel and bury it under one inch of soil at the base of a rosebush. The peel’s potassium feeds the plant and helps it resist disease. Consider it a nutritional boost for you and your buds.



Thursday 21 May 2015

Gardening!




A rock maintenance strip around the house ... catches splashes, keeps walls clean and minimizes pests. Put your foundation plantings in front of the strip.


Yard Dice 


Floating bed!


Raised Beds inside fence...love the look of this!!! And the Dogs would stay out of the flowers when they are running! 


Repurposed Barrel Planter