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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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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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26.04.15 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

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

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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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09.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Frugal Gardening

do as I say

You can’t miss the headlines, with the stockmarket crashing and the economy shaking like few of us have ever seen it. In the midst of this, gardens remain a sanctuary of peace, a connection with nature. They reassure us that we are passing through phases of existence and survival older than our short memories can…

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06.02.08 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

The Frugal Gardener

Garden Stories and Memories + gardening tips

Stuart asked “What was your best plant bargain?” and as a frugal gardener I have had a few. It is hard to just pick one, things being relative 🙂 Last year I picked up some lovely hydrangeas I’d been wanting… for about five dollars each, in large containers. I’m always looking over the specials and…

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I was a garden blog pioneer, and began writing on this blog in 2003. Before that I had begun a garden website that has been at its own domain since 2006, Ilona's Garden.

I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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