Showing posts from May, 2014

Decorating the Succulent Beds with Junk

May 29, 2014
This morning I have been working in two garden areas planted with Sedums and Sempervivums. I just purchased this rusty shovel head yesterday.  


Easy Re-purposed Outdoor Plant Picks

May 27, 2014
Plant pick #1:  A $2 Thrift Shop Rosette Iron


Cool Container Gardens

May 26, 2014
Here are some of the pots I planted this season.  I can't wait for them to fill in! I made this rustic pot holder earlier this spring,  here.   A single red geranium is planted in each terracotta pot.


Planning & Planting My Front Yard Border 2014

May 25, 2014
When all goes well my front yard border looks like this! I live in northern Minnesota and garden in Zone 3. 


Outdoor This and That 17: Another Framed Lobelia & Clipart

May 23, 2014
With the success of this Techno Heat Lobelia in the frame both in the garden and on my blog, I am repeating the project this year.


The Making of a Junk Garden Vignette

May 22, 2014
The first step in making a great junk garden vignette is to find some cool junk!  (I have plenty!) I move my junk around in the designated vignette space until I get a pleasing arrangement.  Sometimes this happens quickly, and sometimes it takes a while.  Sometimes it may even take a trip to a junk shop for the right piece, however, now that I have been putting together junk vignettes for a while now, I usually have the right pieces. The most important rule with junk gardening or outdoor junk vignettes is that  your yard and garden should be well maintained, manicured, mowed, clipped, etc .  If your yard looks overgrown and junky before you start you will not end up with a pleasing junk garden vignette, you will end up with a JUNKYARD vignette .   Big difference.  


A Junk Gardener's Window Box

May 18, 2014
My projects starts with this piece of a desk or a bedroom chest that I purchased for $12.


Miniature Galvanized Pails on Barn Wood

May 16, 2014
Barn wood and galvanized zinc finishes go so well together, especially in a junk garden. I started with a 30" long, 1" x 4 3/4" scrap of reclaimed wood, and five zinc pails. I put the far right and far left nails in the middle of the board about 3" in from the ends, then about 6" apart on the the other three.  Or at 9", 15", 21" and 27".  


$2 Rummage Sale Table Becomes A Planter Table

May 11, 2014
Remember this $2 senior center rummage sale table from a post  here?


A Junk Garden Washboard Planter

May 07, 2014
 Do you remember the lag screw metal and wood bin that I purchased earlier this year?


A Succulent & Terracotta Miniature Garden On A Weathered Garden Stool

May 04, 2014
First, I found the perfect weathered wood and metal stool at a local antique shop for $20.  It was love at first sight !