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 following sections: learn how to save money in the garden. Dividing your plants will … [Read more...] about Moneysaving Tips for Gardeners
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Furnishing Grandma’s Fairy House
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 come alive in the imagination. Things that make us feel that some fantasy inhabitants come … [Read more...] about Furnishing Grandma’s Fairy House
Visit An Arboretum And Save Dollars On Your Landscape
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 wildflowers - many plants that you may wish to have in your garden. It is mostly a showcase for … [Read more...] about Visit An Arboretum And Save Dollars On Your Landscape
Out Of Your Gourd Gardening
The Seed That Grew Birdhouse Gourds - Lots Of Them! Gourds are easy to grow. And besides being easy (which makes them a candidate for growing in a children's garden), there are lots of things that you can do with them if you love to craft and decorate. The main thing that a gourd plant needs is SPACE. If you have limited space, no worries mate, vertical gardening can be an ideal way to … [Read more...] about Out Of Your Gourd Gardening
Display of Gourds Speaks The Language of Autumn
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 of sizes and shapes, and they were once used for practical purposes like … [Read more...] about Display of Gourds Speaks The Language of Autumn
I Found Out About “She Sheds” And Coincidentally, About Friends
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 as solid knowledge on a subject, in my opinion, you can see why I then thought I would research … [Read more...] about I Found Out About “She Sheds” And Coincidentally, About Friends
The De-clutter Journey
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 be the result of more than one contributing factor. What causes our messiness and proclivity … [Read more...] about The De-clutter Journey
Grandma Can Make Fairy Houses From Forest Finds
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 perhaps even more so. I think we ought to hark back to the place where the imagination rules and … [Read more...] about Grandma Can Make Fairy Houses From Forest Finds
More Than Pretty
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 in familiar terms.One thing that often bothered me about the art world was the restrictive … [Read more...] about More Than Pretty
Wall Street Guru Gives Gardening Advice
Swiss Chard Not Swiss BanksThere 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 GuruJim Rogers, an expert investor, has good advice for the wise (at least some feel it is wise), but gardeners and garden bloggers have been way … [Read more...] about Wall Street Guru Gives Gardening Advice
If you would like to follow more of my adventures…
Sometimes too many blogs in the fire are too much of a good thing, I know... for reading and writing. However (you knew that was coming, right?) I had decided to break up the topics that I write on into separate blogs some time ago (before blogging, actually, when making that first Geocities website).ANYWAY - you might be interested in following the d-i-yourself tales and the back and forth banter … [Read more...] about If you would like to follow more of my adventures…
Gardening, Greening, and Saving Society
Survivor, America is a financial oriented article/video from Yahoo Finance, today. It centers around a point of view that many of us have become familiar with- but I wanted to look at it from the Gardener's perspective.In short, Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute, predicts that things are going to become much worse in our economy. As Aaron Task, the interviewer, drew out, … [Read more...] about Gardening, Greening, and Saving Society