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? What other […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Frugal Gardening
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 […]
The Frugal Gardener
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 […]
