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Charming Birds to Your Garden!
Posted on September 1, 2013 by Barb in Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Things that inspire me in the gardenAttracting birds to your garden is as easy as 1, 2, 3 – it is all about food, water and shelter! Come see ideas, tips and lovely pictures from The Garden Charmers that address all three needs in creative ways! […]
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It’s All About the Birds! Birdfeeders, Birdbaths and Birdhouses In Our Garden
Posted on September 1, 2013 by Barb in Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Things that inspire me in the gardenAttracting birds to your garden is as easy as 1, 2, 3 - it is all about food, water and shelter! Planning for a wide variety of fruiting shrubs and trees, perennial flowers , grasses and seed and nut producing plantings provides natural food sources for birds. Evergreens, shrubs, compost and brush piles are homes […]
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Livingroom Makeover ~ Grandma to Grandeur!
Posted on August 25, 2013 by Barb in Celebrate the creativity of featured artists, Home decorAs you know, I am a much better gardener than decorator! However my friend, Lorraine Edwards, has taken me under her capable designer wing, and is transforming our home . For years I have loved our furniture and the wonderful artwork and accessories we have collected, but not how they were arranged. No matter where […]
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Bedroom Makeover ~ From Frumpy to Fabulous!
Posted on August 22, 2013 by Barb in Celebrate the creativity of featured artists, DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decorHow lucky am I? One of my dear friends, Lorraine Edwards, is starting a home staging and redesign business and offered to makeover some rooms in our home! Every room in Lorraine’s home looks like it popped out of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL magazine, so I jumped at the chance. She needed […]
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In My Daughter’s Garden
Posted on August 17, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the gardenOf all the gardens I have known, one of my very favorites is my daughter’s in Oregon. I delight in seeing Meg’s personality and creativity reflected in the garden and little cottage which she painted herself. A bit Bohemian with a twist of English Cottage Garden thrown in for good measure, her double lot is […]
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The Giant Zucchini Dilemma
Posted on August 15, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects, Home Cooking, Things that inspire me in the gardenWhen I left for an eight-day vacation recently, I asked my wonderful friend, who looks after my garden when I’m away, to help herself to any of the squash, zucchinis and tomatoes as they ripened. She was tickled to have the fresh produce and I was thrilled to have her keeping my containers and flowerbeds […]
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12 Charming Gardens ~ Personal Spaces for Inspiration
Posted on August 8, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Celebrate the creativity of featured artists, DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the gardenLet’s go to the “Hop”, a Garden Hop that is! Here’s a secret gardens tour put together with wonderful gardener friends from Pinterest, Hometalk and FaceBook. You won’t believe the creativity, imagination and personal touches shown in these Little Edens. Just seeing each other’s garden pictures got us all ready to go out there and […]
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Garden Walk ~ My Summer Garden
Posted on August 8, 2013 by Barb in Amazing flower pairings, Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the gardenSummertime and the living is easy! Well, not really if you are a gardener! Summer is time to weed and dig and plant, tie up vines, turn the compost pile and harvest veggies. Do you see all those cute benches in our garden? I hardly ever get to land on one unless it is to […]
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DIY ~ Beautify a Chain Link Fence with Bamboo!
Posted on August 3, 2013 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projectsWhat do you do if you fall in love with a home surrounded by an ugly five foot high chain link fence? It is a great enclosure for pets, but aesthetically not so pleasing. This was my daughter’s dilemma when she purchased a darling cottage in Oregon. There are vinyl or wooden strips you can […]
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DIY ~ Being Your Own Florist (a cautionary tale)
Posted on July 28, 2013 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projectsUpon hearing that flowers for her daughter’s three hour engagement party would run $5,000, my friend, Renee, decided she would do it herself. Or rather, she would enlist my help and the two of us would do the flowers. Simple groupings of vases, with little taped designs and gold spray paint to jazz them up, […]
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