Flea Market Ladder

I paid $15.00 for the old rickety ladder from the local indoor flea market.  I love it!  Today, I added  mums to all the pots and a few bird houses- and Voila!  A Flea Market Styled flower planter!  My sister, Connie gave me the wagon wheel to top it off!  I have a little Cherub hidden on the bottom rung.  Here is the before picture.

I can't wait until next year when I can put some Spring flowers that hang down the rungs!  I better stop wishing for next Spring now- it will surely be a long Winter!!

Flea Market Ladder : amazon

Growing a Spring Bulb Garden Indoors

You will need :
bulbs (used here: amaryllis, Paperwhite, pre-chilled daffodils)
containers, with and without drainage holes
potting soil
water
Grow a gorgeous wintertime bouquet just in time for the holidays! For this project you'll simply plop a few bulbs into a container and add water. Let your kids help choose the perfect colors and decorate the pot to give as a holiday gift to a favorite teacher. They'll love watching the sprouts emerge. Start new bulbs every 10 days for a continuous supply of fresh-as-spring flowers all winter long.

Make Your Own Pumpkin Keg

What better way to serve a pumpkin beer – and a host of other fall beers and beverages – than in your own homemade pumpkin keg.  No fancy brewing equipment or extreme sanitation methods required…I promise!

 came up with this great tutorial for creating your Halloween party masterpiece.

This idea is not limited to just pumpkins.  I can’t wait to try it next summer using a watermelon.  Fill with your favorite watermelon lager, summer beer or beverage.

Make Your Own Pumpkin Keg : Amazon

DIY Colorful Vertical Garden On A Fence

DIY Colorful Vertical Garden On A Fence

materiel :

• DIY
• Colorful
• Vertical
• Garden
• Fence

Brick edging for your flower beds

If you want a maintenance-free way to prevent your lawn from encroaching on your flower beds. And don't have to worry again about mulch or decorative stone in your flower bed working its way into your lawn. Here are the steps you can take to achieve this attractive and fairly inexpensive border.

YOU WILL NEED :

• 6 x 9 inch concrete pavers
• Sand
• Garden trowel
• Shovel
• Lawn edging tool
• Rubber Mallet (no bounce)
• Stiff paint brush or whisk broom
• Wheel barrow or bucket
• Mattock (optional)
• Weed guard (optional)
• 2 1/2 inch wood block (optional)

Lemon tree for Container Gardening

After a visit to Sorrento Italy in April of 2000, we were immediately smitten with all the wonderful lemon trees adorning the Italian coastline. All throughout Amalfi and Sorrento we saw gorgeous scenes of Sorrento lemon trees in terra cotta pots adorning house fronts, store fronts and cobblestone alley ways.

We knew right there and then we wanted something equally picturesque in our backyard. So, we planted a lemon tree in a container!

We really wanted to bring back a Sorrento lemon tree to the USA, but because we didn’t feel like smuggling anything into the country, we opted for the next best option possible – a Eureka lemon tree. This Eureka is studded with fruit and it’s extremely happy with it’s home in the urn shaped container. In winter, when the cool weather beckons the fruit to ripen, the lemon tree is an absolutely gorgeous scene to the garden.

This little lemon tree is our reminder of our trip to Italy and we’re happy to have it on our garden family.

Growing this lemon tree has a few challenges because the heat of the Summer season can quickly dry out the pot. Especially in the rustic looking terra cotta pots.  We’ve since transplanted it into the glazed pot seen in these photos and it helps retain the moisture much better.   It takes consistent watering in hot days to make sure that the tree stays hydrated and happy. Unfortunately there were a few occasions when we forgot to water our little lemon and the fruits became soft and dehydrated.

materiel :

• Lemon
• tree
•  for 
• Container
• Gardening

Perfect Gardening Design Idea "Upside Down Planter

Perfect Gardening Design Idea "Upside Down Planter"

materiel :

• Perfect
• Gardening
• Design
• Idea
• Upside
• Down
• Planter

Planting a pineapple head

First, Firmly twist the crown off. It will come off fairly easily. Then take the crown and pull off the lower leaves until you have about an inch or more of the core. You don't need them and they will get in the way of rooting the pineapple. Fill a jar with water and plop your crown into the jar. Place your pineapple jar in an area that gets decent light. then Within two weeks, some nice roots should develop. Then you can plant the pineapple whenever you're ready.
If you want fruit, you'll have to keep it in a sunny location. Otherwise, the pineapple will develop long slender leaves but will not fruit.

materiel :

• Planting
• pineapple
• head

Make Terrariums Galore in Under 1 Hour

Make Terrariums Galore in Under 1 Hour

You can get the molds from : Amazon

Bike Wheel Trellis – Hard Luffa

Here’s the pictures of Michelle’s second Bike Wheel Trellis.  The Luffa’s are loving it.  There was concern that the rims would get too hot in the sun and burn the plant, but they really don’t get hot at all.  Hooray for creativity!
materiel :

• Bike Wheel Trellis
• Hard Luffa

Herb garden inspiration and ideas

This year started all my herbs from seed and they are almost ready for planting and make their way outside. {Usually completely forget and end up buying plants - so I'm really excited that I did remember me} because I want to keep it on the deck of our proximity to the kitchen, and I am always ready to find unique ways to display for the summer - other than normal something terracotta planters or normal plastic.
This Saturday is packed after weeks of inspiration for all kinds of single herbs gardens ideas to help you get off the beaten track planter.

Herb garden inspiration and ideas : Amazon

Flower pot and ashtray design

Far be it from me to encourage you to smoke, because everyone knows that it is lmauvais health. But the fact is, smoking is a pleasure for a number of us (well not me, but I think the others). But we must admit that there are more design an ashtray to decorate a table. Hence the great idea of the design team to provide an ashtray Vitamin - Flowerpot design.Tab B presents itself as a removable flower pot under the base which houses an ashtray. It goes unnoticed and when you are not using it. And it's true that it's still nicer to have a beautiful plant to look an ashtray filled with cigarette butts, right?

Flower pot and ashtray design : Amazon

How to Plan Your Vegetable and Herb Garden

Building the raised bed frame.
Select a non-toxic material such as untreated wood, modular blocks, or recycled plastic lumber. Also, check out the Internet for raised bed kits options. Remember to reinforce the corners of the structure with brackets or wood blocks for extra structural stability. Don’t use railroad ties or pressure treated boards that contain any creosote or arsenic.

The minimum depth for the bed should be 12”, but if you can accommodate 18”, your plant roots will be stronger and your plants healthier.

Once the frame is built.
Lay down a weed blocking fabric liner on the hard surface to prevent soil loss.
Secure the liner to the inside of the frame, going up the sides.
Add a 2” layer of gravel for additional drainage and aeration.
Lay a second layer of fabric and add your soil mixture.
A raised bed is an easy place to “go organic”.
Aim for a 50-50 mixture of clean loam and compost for a well-drained soil. Add grit sand for drainage (available at your local home center; start with about 10 lbs/square yard). In a raised bed, it is easy to change the soil composition. If you need more drainage, just add more sand. If a richer soil is needed, increase organic matter by adding manure, decomposed leaves, or more compost. Get your soil mixture right, and you will be rewarded with healthy, beautiful plants.

 Time to plant.
Before planting, water the bed thoroughly to settle the soil. Soil should be about 2” below the top of the bed. Fill your bed with low maintenance, drought-tolerant plants (pgs. 12-14), and send your before and after photos to us (be more specific here, either give address or refer to it on another page) to be included in future Greenscapes materials. Here’s to your future garden!

How to Plan Your Vegetable and Herb Garden : amazon

Making a Willow Wigwam is Easier Than it Looks

For me, one of the highlights at Coton Manor Garden in Northamptonshire has always been the sturdy willow and hazel supports around the roses. If I had a country estate, I'd have the same—instead of buying readymade versions that too often seem to have been built to fit into the back of a car rather than the garden. The other day
Making your own supports in situ is perfectly possible, and they will be tailored to the individual requirements of your roses or clematis or clump of asters. You don't need a team of gardeners; just an ax, a mallet, and the ability to form a circle.
Using different plant material for twisting can lead to some wonderful color combinations, though it will fade after about six weeks.

With the ends of the rods which you may have cut off in making your circles, or with thinner material (for instance weeping willow) bind the joints tightly, tucking in the ends. If you want to create a mesh in the middle for herbaceous plants to grow through, sharpen some more rods and push them into the hoops and across to the other side. It will be stronger if you weave over and under as you go (see above).

It is more practical if a wigwam does not come to a peak at the top, for the sake of the flowers,

Making a Willow Wigwam is Easier Than it Looks : amazon

How To Build a Planter & Outdoor Light Feature

MATERIALS

• Large Terra Cotta Pot (at least 14″ across)
• empty & clean #10 can
• Spray Paint
• Marker
• Painter’s Tape
• Potting Soil
• Plants
• Jute Twine
• Glue
• Pillar Candle