Converting the Old Fountain
A couple of years ago I was given an old cement fountain that no longer worked. Right away I could visualize it being used as a planter for succulents. Trouble is it was so heavy I couldn’t move it or … Continued
A couple of years ago I was given an old cement fountain that no longer worked. Right away I could visualize it being used as a planter for succulents. Trouble is it was so heavy I couldn’t move it or … Continued
Every garden deserves a bit of whimsy. I’ve been adding the gazing balls and plant pokes to the garden. A new addition was a plant poke I created out of a styrofoam ball, some push pins and a metal stake. … Continued
Adding whimsy to the garden gets to be addictive. Several years ago I made some mosaic toadstools out of pot saucers and old tiles. The tiles were a freecycle find and the half marbles were left over from other projects. The … Continued
Have you met Inuky? That is what I call my brick inuksuk. An inuksuk is a stone monument used by the Inuit as a marker for special places, interesting places, marking trails or location of food or people, navigation, or migration routes of … Continued
One of the garden projects last year was to create a bottle tree using an old lilac bush that for some reason stopped growing. The branches got trimmed back so they would hold the coloured bottles.
Every garden needs a little bling … even in winter. Some of the garden danglers have been collecting snow from the recent snowfall and look so pretty. I made these danglers a few years ago out of copper wire and … Continued
Here’s a whimsical way to be led down the garden path.
I don’t have any reason to decorate for Hallowe’en any more as where we live we don’t get any trick or treaters and we spend the evening with our granddaughter, who has a Hallowe’en birthday.
One of the garden projects I made this summer used an old round piece of wood, some old garden hand tools, some screws and glue. Now I just need to come up with a way of fastening it to … Continued
I love to plant in containers other than flower pots. Repurpose those chipped or cracked teacups into little planters.The ladder planter has a collection of old teacups, teapots, tea kettles, bowls and dishes that I plant in. Most are … Continued