The Craf-tea Pots
What do you do with those old teapots that might drip too much when you pour the tea or have a crack in them? Don’t you dare throw them away. Create your own teapot totem. You just need a … Continued
A Spanner in the Works
The Old Toolbox Planter One of my sayings is “If it can hold dirt, you can plant in it.” and I’m always looking for different things to plant in. During a clean out of the basement tool bench I came … Continued
Cross That Bridge …
… when you come to it. Years ago a bridge was made out of recycled deck wood and it was a great bridge for crossing over the run off stream at the back of the garden.But like anything else, over … Continued
The Balancing Act
The tipsy pots have been in the garden for a few years and the tippy buckets made their appearance last year. Recently I’ve been planting them up with various trailing annuals for another year.
A New Shape With Each Turn
The new pvc pipe twirler was added to the garden awhile ago. If you want to make one you can find the directions in this post. The old one was painted yellow and the new one was painted a light … Continued
Hosepipe Wreath
Wait, don’t throw that old hose away. Turn it into a hosepipe wreath. Every garden deserves some garden whimsy. I made my first hosepipe wreath several years ago and over the years it has had some additions. This year it … Continued
The Garden Workbench
I love my garden workbench that was made from recycled deck boards and supports. It originally sat on the other side of the deck and was in full sun. It was made from wood from the pool deck that was … Continued
The Clay Pot Lighthouse
It paid to do some cleaning and moving of the garden workbench as I found all sorts of things that I thought had got lost, been tossed aside or just forgotten about. In the process of moving the workbench back … Continued
Here, There, but not Everywhere
Every garden deserves some garden whimsy and yesterday we added another piece to the back garden. I’ve always wanted some sort of sign post in the garden and last year when we had to remove an almost dead tree from … Continued
The PVC Twirler
I’ve had a pvc garden twirler or whirligig or wind spinner for many years. It was purchased on a camping trip from another camper who made various spinners to hang on the awnings of your trailer. I love the … Continued
What’s Your Number?
Here is a quick and easy little craft to make for the garden. You just need a good sized rock, some flat sided gems/marbles and some strong waterproof glue I laid out the number on a flat surface first, then … Continued
The Coconut Feeder with Suet
The coconut feeders are very popular in the garden. Besides putting regular seed in them I also fill them with the all season suet. It doesn’t take long for the birds to get the smell of the peanut butter in the … Continued
A Coconut feeder
A coconut feeder is an inexpensive and quick way to add a feeder to your garden. We have a couple of coconut feeders in the garden and recently while the grandkids were visiting we made another one. Start with a … Continued
Making a Wire Wreath
A few years ago I made a wreath from a wire form and some artificial branches. The wire wreath forms can be purchased from florist stores and craft stores and they come in different sizes. The artificial greenery was a … Continued
The Greenery
I’ve been filling containers for a couple of weeks with greenery cut from the garden and the roadsides. I’ve been doing this for a few years now, before it became popular to buy it at the home improvement or grocery … Continued