DIY and crafts

2 Jul
2012
yard long bean seedlings, sprouting at the base of a "planted" stick trellis

Monday morning garden stroll #9

Fair warning: This isn’t going to be a typical garden stroll. No photos of flowers, for starters. In fact, very few photos of plants at all. We’re taking a bit of a detour, and I’m blaming it on the weather. In keeping with recent pattern, this week’s stroll does have ...

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24 Jun
2012
DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

Full disclosure: This actually took me a bit more than two hours to make and install. But, that included creating the design and taking all the photos. So, the 1-hour time frame is an estimate. But, it’s a fairly realistic estimate. Plus, even if this required two whole hours to ...

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6 Dec
2011
christmastree

Tomato cage Christmas tree

Rather than buy decorations for the lawn / garden, I decided to play around with the stuff I already had in the garage. The result? An upside-down tomato cage Christmas tree. The perfect holiday accent for every not-allowed front-yard vegetable garden. Shovels and rakes and hoses; gardens come with lots ...

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