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25.06.18 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Moneysaving Tips for Gardeners

do as I say + Frugal Tips + gardening tips

Dirt Cheap Garden Ideas Not everyone can afford a bath size water garden kit, but what about using an old tub that was cast off from a remodeling project? What about old teacups turned into bird feeders? Or signs made out of old lumber, or the newest trend… making stuff out of wooden pallets? In the…

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fairy house door

22.06.18 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Furnishing Grandma’s Fairy House

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Just Moved In? Time to Get Decorating! Being creative is what it’s all about- let’s make some cute stuff! I hope you enjoy these ideas and they spark your own fun projects. A Place of Enchantment Whether a fairy garden or home, flights of fancy start with the tiny things that make a miniature world…

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06.07.16 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Visit An Arboretum And Save Dollars On Your Landscape

Frugal Tips + Garden design ideas

What if you could see which shrubs and trees grow well in your landscape? Or learn of plants mature sizes without waiting for years? An Arboretum can show and tell.  What Is An Arboretum? An Arboretum is a place where trees are grown, but not only trees. Many are places to find shrubs, perennials, and…

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15.01.16 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Out Of Your Gourd Gardening

Garden crafts + Plants + Vegetable garden

Growing gourds for arts and crafts. Turn your homegrown gourds into useful and beautiful things for garden and home.

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26.10.15 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Display of Gourds Speaks The Language of Autumn

autumn + Home stuff

Brighten Up The Home With Fall Gourds Two seasons ago I bought some gourds for autumn display, “just ’cause“, which lead to this years crop from the discards. I am already planning the Thanksgiving centerpiece with some of those harvested fruits of the compost pile, and it inspired this post. Gourds come in all sorts…

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26.04.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

I Found Out About “She Sheds” And Coincidentally, About Friends

Featured + Home stuff

My Houzz: A Backyard Getaway Emerges From a Grain Shed A high school friend of mine is considering lending his sizable carpentry talents to making “She Sheds”.  I hadn’t even heard of them, although I could make an educated guess as to what they might be. Still, since having a guess is never as good…

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20.11.14 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

The De-clutter Journey

do as I say + Featured + Home stuff

Specifically, How Did You Do It? For those who are struggling, like I have, here are some of the practical steps of getting rid of clutter and the whole lifestyle that goes with it. Like some physical maladies, this one might have a different root for some people than it has for others. It might…

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making a fairy house

04.04.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Grandma Can Make Fairy Houses From Forest Finds

Garden crafts + Garden design ideas

Make a Fairy House and Not Spend a Dime Fairy gardens have been all the rage, and the little furniture and houses that go into them, but the idea predates all this fancy paraphernalia and you can make yours from scavenged materials. It can be no less charming than those you order ready made, and…

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16.03.12 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

More Than Pretty

Frugal Tips

 It’s true, and that was something I wrote about in these garden thoughts. But pretty can make some of life’s all too real tragedy bearable. It is that fine balance, really, that the making of art revolves around. There is a time for photo documentary and there is a time for photoshop… to put it…

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07.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Wall Street Guru Gives Gardening Advice

Food + Frugal Tips

Swiss Chard Not Swiss Banks There is an awful lot of speculation about the economy and where the financial shape of the world (and our future) is going and proffered advice on how we can protect ourselves from hard times. Jim Rogers, Well Known Investment Guru Jim Rogers, an expert investor, has good advice for…

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