Our Fairfield Home & Garden ~ 2023 Garden Tour
- By Barb
- Things that inspire me in the garden
- On July 3, 2023
- 10 Comments.
On Saturday, June 17th, the Delaware Center for Horticulture featured our suburban garden on tour. It was the fruition of preparing through seven weeks of drought, record high and low temperatures, smoke and then torrential downpours the week of the tour! Our garden was still lush and ready thanks to established perennials, shrubs and
Filing Cabinet Planters
- By Barb
- container planting, DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden
- On August 16, 2022
- 2 Comments.
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
Mug Pots
- By Barb
- DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decor, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art
- On January 10, 2016
- 6 Comments.
I have been wanting to try my hand at this simple Sharpie craft I’ve seen on Pinterest. With a Master Gardener fundraiser coming up, I decided this would be a perfect time. Use an oil paint Sharpie permanent pen to draw faces on mugs, bowls or pots. You can draw the designs on
DIY ~ Chair Planter
- By Barb
- DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden
- On July 19, 2015
- 6 Comments.
After finding two chairs at the curb, I decided it was time to whip up some chair planters and keep them out of the landfill! Chair planters are one of the easiest garden accents you can make: just a chair, some paint, a jigsaw and a potted plant are all you need. Follow these easy
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