DIY For The Garden

10 Ways To Hide Your Trash Cans For those of us living in tight quarters where homes are right next to each other, a trash bin cover is a great way to hide unsightly cans. Or, perhaps you want your trash cans much closer to your home but don’t want …

20 Garden Plants To Grow Vertically This Year Vertical gardening is an approach used to grow vegetables up and down, rather than side to side like in a traditional horizontal garden. In a vertical garden, vegetables grow up tall structures instead of across the ground. Vertical gardening is an alternative for gardeners …

Foods that Regrow in Water Foods that Regrow in Water Did you know that you can regrow food in water without planting them outside in dirt? If you have two black thumbs, regrowing food scraps in water is a good choice, and it can help you save some money. It’s …

20 Brilliant Ways To Reuse And Recycle Old Tires Tires can be recycled into mainly things but a lot are are burnt, not recycled, efforts are continuing to find value in recycling them. Tires are a huge headache when it comes to waste management and recycling, but there are clever …

10 Steps to Planting Your Square Foot Garden Maybe you are an avid gardener, looking to increase yield despite your limited gardening space. Or maybe you self-identify as gardening challenged and square foot gardening has piqued your interest because it sounds less overwhelming than traditional gardening. Either way, square foot …

How To Build The King Of DIY Fly Traps I found this open source article for plans to a fly trap. One of the pictures shows it packed full of flies. Think of what a great source of food this could be for your chickens. I haven’t tried it yet, …

How To Grow A Lemon Tree In A Pot How To Grow A Lemon Tree In A Pot Unless you live in a sub-tropical or tropical climate, growing a lemon tree feels impossible. Those who live in a cooler climate don’t have the heat and humidity necessary, but they can …

22 Creative DIY Projects Using PVC Pipe People use PVC pipe to create all sorts of awesome things because it’s cheap, sturdy, and versatile. This weekend, grab some at your local hardware store and tackle one of these fun projects. PVC pipe is inexpensive and easy to use and reuse. …

8 Natural Methods for Banishing Ticks from Your Garden 8 Natural Methods for Banishing Ticks from Your Garden Ticks can be dangerous, carrying diseases that can harm you or your family. Ticks might be small, but the health problems they can carry are not small. Lyme disease happens to be …

How to Make a Tea Cup Planter Out of Old Tires How to Make a Tea Cup Planter Out of Old Tires – Image by Jacek Abramowicz from Pixabay Repurposing old tires is a great way to give them a new lease of life, and what better way to do that than by …

How to Grow Coleus as a Tree: Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintenance How to Grow Coleus as a Tree – Photo by Putulu Ningombam: via pexels.com Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides) is a versatile and vibrant ornamental plant known for its striking foliage. While typically grown as a compact herbaceous …

50 Deer Resistant Plants 50 Deer Resistant Plants Deer can be ruthless if they choose to attack your farm’s produce in our landscape. They would only need a few nights to finish ingesting all the leaves on a whole piece of land. People who live in areas where these animals …