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DIY Garden Projects

DIY Tomato Costume

Ah, fall! I love the smell of pumpkin pie, the leaves falling on the ground, and the cool weather. It just so happens it’s also time to get your juices flowing to make a terrific Halloween get-up, like this DIY Tomato Costume. It’s easy, inexpensive, and sure to win any costume contest around. Here’s how to do it.

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How to Build a Bale Frame

How to build a simple straw bale frame to How to build a simple straw bale frame to add elegance to straw bale gardening. Check out our guide with instructions and tools you will need.add elegance to straw bale gardening.

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How to Condition and Plant a Bale of Straw for Gardening

Planting a garden in a straw bale is one of the thriftiest, most versatile ways to grow vegetables and herbs. Let us show you how.

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How to Build a Vertical Herb (or Lettuce!) Planter

This easy-to-build vertical planter is a great place to grow herbs or lettuces—right outside your door!

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Building Our Own Compost Bin

I grew up in a family of composters. For as long as I can remember, my mom has tossed eggshells, coffee grounds and filters, fruit peels, and other organic matter into a small white bag kept in the cabinet under the kitchen sink.

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Repurposing for the Garden

In my house, we don’t throw away anything we can either recycle or reuse – and this has led to our repurposing many items for use in our vegetable garden.

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How to Build a Strawberry Pyramid

Looking for a place to grow lots of delicious strawberries in your own backyard? Learn how to build a strawberry pyramid in just one afternoon.

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How to Make Bath Salts with Lavender and Rosemary

Learn how to make bath salts using aromatic herbs from your garden. This recipe includes rosemary and lavender for soothing fragrance at bath time.

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Planting a Spiral Herb Garden

A spiral herb garden mimics one of the most interesting shapes in nature—a spiral. Plant your favorite herbs in a garden that's shaped like a spiral.

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Make a Row Cover Hoop House

Many leafy spring and fall crops are frost tolerant into the 20s, but if you're dealing with lower temperatures, you need to give them little extra warmth under the protection of a row cover. Depending on their thickness, these blankets give 4 to 8 degrees of extra protection on freezing nights...

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How to Make a Raised Bed from Bales of Straw

A straw bale raised bed is an inexpensive method for creating a raised bed. Perfect for new gardeners, frugal gardeners, or gardeners needing more space.

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How to Build a Super Easy Raised Bed

Make this 4x8 easy raised bed. The design uses easy-to-find materials. Get our video and instructions to learn how to build this raised bed garden.

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Make a Cucumber Tent Trellis

Keep cucumber vines off the ground by making your own cucumber tent trellis. Tendrils will grab the wires and secure the vine to the trellis as it grows.

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How We Built Our Big 8 x 24 Raised Bed

We built an 8 x 24 raised bed to serve as a display in front of Bonnie Plants' home office in Union Springs, AL. Find out how we did it.

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Planting Herbs in a Strawberry Jar

For a handy way to grow lots of your favorite kitchen herbs, consider planting herbs in a strawberry jar. Just follow these basic tips.

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Grow a Strawberry Fountain

A strawberry fountain is an easy way to grow strawberries without a lot of space, using pots. It keeps berries clean and easy to harvest. Learn how!

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Give Mom an Herb Garden

Here is an easy way to show the moms in your life that you appreciate them on Mother's Day and every day—a growing gift of a container herb garden.

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