Category: container planting

Filing Cabinet Planters

Filing Cabinet Planters

              Have you seen the price of large plant containers these days? You can easily spend a couple hundred dollars for a big planter. I wanted a couple to place along the back fence on our property but didn’t want to drop that kind of money ~ here’s my

Wheel Rim Planters

Wheel Rim Planters

If you are an Our Fairfield Home and Garden blog reader, you probably know by now how much I love using repurposed items in the garden. The rustier and crustier the better! This idea for Wheel Rim Planters came from a recent junking trip I made to the Renewed For You Shoppe. There I found

Field Trip ~ Going Junking

Field Trip ~ Going Junking

After following The Renewed For You Shoppe on Facebook for awhile and enjoying their posts, I found out they are only fifteen minutes away from me! How good does it get? I can shop local and find the kinds of vintage and rustic items I love, too. Driving up, I could see this was my

Winter Outdoor Decor ~ Use what you have!

Winter Decorating

Want to decorate for winter and have it last a few months? Use what you have in the yard already! Birdhouses, garden accents, seed heads and cut greens will do the trick! Repurposing keeps your costs to a minimum ( I spent no money at all on the decorations in this post) and lend a

Plant Miniature Hostas in a Strawberry Pot!

Plant Miniature Hostas in a Strawberry Pot!

After finding a beautiful blue strawberry pot at a garage sale, I knew exactly what I was going to plant in it! Miniature hostas! A great tip I learned years ago from a seasoned gardener is to make a watering pipe for a strawberry pot. This little trick solves the problem of uneven watering and

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