What to do with old t-shirts? Time to retire your old garden clothes? Upcycle them into fun rugs!
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Bring the Garden to You — coping with pandemic isolation by creating art from the garden
Is pandemic life of isolation or inclement weather getting you down? Bring the sanctuary and refuge of the garden indoors with calming and creative outlets like painting garden scenes from your photographs.
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed for Growing Vegetables–with Gopher Protection
Got Gophers? How to build a raised bed for vegetables with gopher protection. A chat over the garden fence with the compulsive gardener. | Gardening in California | Dealing with Gophers in the Garden and Raised Vegetable Beds.
Bark and Moss Appreciation Day
It’s easy to find yourself waiting for spring–or the end of the pandemic! Find joy where you can, like in the winter interest of the garden–the bark and leaves, the mosses and red twigs. A photo tribute to the winter garden.
Favorite Gardening Tools
Our favorite long-lasting and essential garden tools after 20+ years of gardening. Also, suggestions for essential gardening tools for beginning gardeners.
Keeping a Garden Journal
Keeping a Garden Journal is a valuable resource for gardeners. Your micro-climate may be different than official records in your area. Keep temperature and rainfall records, wildlife sightings, garden designs, harvest records, pest management research. Get more ideas for what to jot down in your garden journal.
Upcycling an Old Ladder-back Chair Into a Playful Garden Picnic Seat
Upcycling a ladder-back chair with fabric strips for caning and refinished with whimsical painting.
Composting with Worms and Tips for Repurposing Household Waste
Worms are a gardeners friend! Let them eat your kitchen and organic household waste with vermicomposting and get garden fertilizer for free.
Scented Herb Bundles & Winter Bouquets
Winter harvests from the garden include scented herb bundles for wood fire kindling, and ikebana garden bouquets.
What to do with all those old DVDs and CDs
What to do with all those old dvds and cds that you can’t recycle after your Marie Kondo purge? Upcycle them into art — wall hangings, garden art, room dividers.