💚 Learn more about the new Lovely Greens book, A Woman's Garden Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things
DIY food-growing projects for January through December 12 DIY kitchen garden ideas geared to give you a creative gardening activity for every month of the year. Whether you’re reading this in January or July, jump into the project of the month to discover a new way to grow your own food. No matter if you’re…
Layer sea glass, drainage materials, and compost in a jar to create a pretty sea glass succulent terrarium. You can see all the layers through the glass with the succulents as the crowning glory. The video at the end of this piece shows the full process of making them. I can’t believe how long it’s…
Wood, wire, and eyelet screws are all you need to build a simple blackberry trellis. This is an inexpensive way to grow thornless blackberries in the vegetable garden. There’s a video showing how I built mine at the end of this piece. As the garden winds down for another year you might be thinking about…
Re-purpose a wood pallet into a quick and sturdy DIY cucumber trellis — no tools required. It gives space for the plants to grow and makes harvesting an easy task. There’s no better way to grow vining cucumbers than on a cucumber support. Without one, they’ll happily scramble over the ground but there are quite…
How to build an Easy Wooden Compost Bin using pallets. A pallet compost bin takes ten minutes to build & creates space for converting waste to compost. Full video at the end It doesn’t matter if you have a vegetable garden or just a big grassy lawn — you will eventually have heaps of ‘green…
How to make inexpensive ollas using terracotta pots. A clever way to keep plants watered in both the greenhouse and outdoors. Slow-release watering around growing plants Using an Olla is a great way to keep plants watered, especially in dry regions and in the height of summer. The way they work is by slowly releasing…
Ideas for putting a sparkle into your rain garden. Everything from sparkly rain chains to water spout projects to how to collect rainwater. Here in Britain our summers are hit or miss. They can be stunning with warmth and sunshine or we can have weeks of constant rain. On the plus side, it’s green here…
Make a magical garden stepping stone using colorful sea glass, shells, and other treasures found on the beach. You can also use marbles for this project. I live near the beach and one of my favorite hobbies is collecting sea glass. These pieces of broken bottles and jars have been softened by the action of…
Creative garden features you can DIY for free using twigs, sticks, and branches. Ideas include trellises, plant supports, and garden artwork You can spend a fortune kitting out your garden with edging, artwork, plant supports, and other garden features. Fortunately, there’s a lot of projects that you can DIY. Better yet, you can DIY with…