DIY ~ A Fairy Merry Christmas!
Last year, I started making little fairies from natural materials gathered from our garden and walks around the neighborhood. They have been put to use as present toppers, plant pokes and little gifts for my friends and family up until recently. But ever since I shared my wee folk in a watercolor class I attend,
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY ~ Thanksgiving Cornucopia
It’s Thanksgiving time. In addition to having that lovely home-cooked dinner, make a gorgeous centerpiece to complement it! And, if you aren’t the cook this year, this cornucopia of plenty will make the perfect house gift for your hosts. Best of all, you can put this centerpiece together for a fraction of the cost
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY ~ Gifts For the Gardener
Some folks think it difficult to find beautiful, yet affordable, gifts for the gardener, so let me tell you how I go about it. First of all, throughout the year, I am on the lookout for inexpensive baskets and decorative containers. All of the baskets and containers in this article were purchased at yard sales
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY ~ Seed Saving 101
Over the years, I have learned a few tricks for cutting corners and keeping garden costs down while still enjoying lots of beautiful flowers. On the very top of that list is saving seeds during each gardening season. Now some plants, such as foxglove, columbine, nasturtiums and cleome, have a tendency to reseed all by
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
Autumn Garden Accents Inside and Out !
Leaves are drifting down, crunching under our feet as we pull our sweaters close for a mid-morning Fall walk outside. The wispy scent of wood smoke in the air from a neighbor’s fireplace is yet another autumn confirmation. Flowers are a sweet memory as I collect their dried remnants for filling the window boxes.
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
The Giant Zucchini Dilemma
When 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
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY ~ Being Your Own Florist (a cautionary tale)
Upon 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,
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY Project ~ Country Flower Basket
For the last arrangement in TheDCH Floral Workshop series, “The Nose Knows” was the theme. A country basket filled with free form meadow wildflowers, garden cuttings and fragrant florist flowers was created by instructor Brenda Tunis. Incorporating scent into your flower arranging was the focus. Brenda had clipped samples from her own yard for us
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY Project ~ Blooming Topiary
At a recent workshop, TheDCH floral instructor, Brenda Tunis, led us through the steps of creating a beautiful blooming topiary. This is an easy, but quite striking floral arrangement perfect for your dining or picnic table. For this arrangement we used the following materials: a clay pot & saucer with a plastic insert
Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!
DIY Project ~ Gather Flowers for a May Day Basket!
May Day Baskets were something we made of construction paper in elementary school back in the day, but I haven’t seen much about them for years. If I get a vote, we should bring this neighborly rite of spring back! Very simple and fun besides: just gather fresh blooms from your spring garden, insert
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