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Sea or lake vegetation is free and very easy to obtain if you live near a large body of water.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Mirrors In The Garden?
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Old mirrors can be used as focal points of interest or to provide reflective light for sun-starved plants in shady areas of your garden.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Recycling Mismatched Cups and Saucers In The Garden
Old china (cups and saucers) can be used for a myriad of things such as bird feeder, bird bath, and butterfly watering containers. Thrift shops are my favorite way of obtaining these gems cheaply.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Saturday Frugal Gardening tip: Reusing Window Screens In The Garden
Window screens can be used to help shade plants from harsh sun in the summer. They can also be used as a compost sifter or food dehydrator.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Turning Cinder Blocks into Outdoor Bench
I think this is an excellent way to re use cinder blocks. Can you say "FREE BENCH"?
http://indulgy.com/post/3oA2XX6KE1/outdoor-bench-made-from-cinder-blocks#/do/page/1
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Turning Pallets into Gardening Furniture and More
Another D.I.Y. project to add to my ever growing "Things To Do" list. The hubby will be pleased!
Please view link:
http://www.homedit.com/another-diy-pallet-transformation-into-table/
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Frugal Gardening Tip Tuesday
Come on, we all have utensils in our drawers we never use. Think of the
new life they knives, forks and spoons can have as garden tools or markers.
Those wooden spoons, potato mashers, serving spoon and that old blender
can really make gardening easier and guess what? They are free.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
A Few Pictures From the Garden
"On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hello my gardening friends. I trust you are all well, staying cool and hydrated due to the high temperatures. I have excellent news. I finally have enough pictures to show you what is growing in my garden this year. Please keep in mind that I was in a rush so I used my cell phone camera so the images are bad (should have used the digital camera).
Shasta Daisy – Roots divisions were given to me by a co worker last spring. The roots grow rapidly so I was able to transplant them in several beds and gave some to friends. I have collected healthy seeds from the plants.
Sweet William – I received a sample package of seeds for $.25 two years ago. I sowed them last year and have collected seeds from the plants.
Lance leaf Coreopsis – This is the volunteer plant I wrote about in an earlier post. Although, it was only one plant, it produced a large number of seeds.
Ox Eye Daisy – I purchased seeds locally for about 50 cents. Great seed production. Very weedy though and extremely invasive.
Day Lilly – Came with the house purchase! We divide them every year and spread them around our yard. One of the hubby’s favorite.
Gloriosa Daisy – The plants were grown from seed, given to me by a friend. The plants produced a huge amount of seeds and the flowers are multi colored (red, yellow, magenta, orange and gold. I have to stake them because the stalks are thick and heavy.
Blanket Flower– Grown from seeds given to me by a friend. Modest seed production and the stalks are very weedy. However the flowers are gorgeous.
Peppers, Tomatoes, Squash, Lemon Balm and Okra, Thyme and Cayenne Pepper plants are in pots soaking up sun.
Mini Bell pepper plant grown from seed.
Well, I have to run. Until next time, happy gardening!
Angela
Hello my gardening friends. I trust you are all well, staying cool and hydrated due to the high temperatures. I have excellent news. I finally have enough pictures to show you what is growing in my garden this year. Please keep in mind that I was in a rush so I used my cell phone camera so the images are bad (should have used the digital camera).
Shasta Daisy – Roots divisions were given to me by a co worker last spring. The roots grow rapidly so I was able to transplant them in several beds and gave some to friends. I have collected healthy seeds from the plants.
Sweet William – I received a sample package of seeds for $.25 two years ago. I sowed them last year and have collected seeds from the plants.
Lance leaf Coreopsis – This is the volunteer plant I wrote about in an earlier post. Although, it was only one plant, it produced a large number of seeds.
Ox Eye Daisy – I purchased seeds locally for about 50 cents. Great seed production. Very weedy though and extremely invasive.
Day Lilly – Came with the house purchase! We divide them every year and spread them around our yard. One of the hubby’s favorite.
Gloriosa Daisy – The plants were grown from seed, given to me by a friend. The plants produced a huge amount of seeds and the flowers are multi colored (red, yellow, magenta, orange and gold. I have to stake them because the stalks are thick and heavy.
Blanket Flower– Grown from seeds given to me by a friend. Modest seed production and the stalks are very weedy. However the flowers are gorgeous.
Peppers, Tomatoes, Squash, Lemon Balm and Okra, Thyme and Cayenne Pepper plants are in pots soaking up sun.
Mini Bell pepper plant grown from seed.
Well, I have to run. Until next time, happy gardening!
Angela
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