by Barbara | Aug 21, 2014 | Urban Farming, Vegetables and Other Edibles
Ready… Set… GROW Tampa Bay It’s time to start thinking about that garden you always swear you’re going to plant. But you look outside AND it’s hot AND you’ve got to till AND weed AND amend soil and heck, Yard Crashers is on right...
by Barbara | Aug 15, 2014 | Projects
As much as i love the idea of building with pallets, it takes so much deconstruction. It always seems like you are basically just salvaging wood. But when i saw this project on My Repurposed Life website and knew I had a fence section just sitting around… I had...
by Barbara | Aug 1, 2014 | Projects, Terrarium and Mini Gardens
Create Your Own Terrarium Terrariums are so much fun to create. All you need is a cute container, some soil, pebbles, maybe a piece of driftwood and a little moss and you can create a pretty living ornament as a centerpiece,table garden or desktop wilderness to escape...
by Barbara | Jun 29, 2014 | Ponds and Waterfeatures, Projects
Building your own pond-less water feature is incredibly easy and a one day project you’ll have fun with. Except for self-contained fountain pots that have a built in reservoir, a pondless water features must have some kind of reservoir to contain the spillover...
by Barbara | Jun 22, 2014 | Hypertufa, Projects
Make Your Own Cement Cloth Planting Pot Want a unique rustic planter for your front porch, lanai or just about anywhere? These cement cloth planters are a fun easy project for everyone. It’s a bit messy, kind of like making mud pies, and there are a few safety...
by Barbara | Jun 11, 2014 | Growing, Vegetables and Other Edibles
Grow bags are changing the way we garden and giving us so many new options to be at least partly self sustaining and grow our own food. Not only do grow bags eliminate the chore of digging out and prepping for a garden and amending existing poor soil, they expand...
by Barbara | Jun 10, 2014 | Deer Problems, Uncategorized
For those of you in Tampa Bay Neighborhoods (or any area) with deer issues, you might want to try this bad boy! Not only does it work for deer, it works on other invading animals as well. Motion activated sprinkler will blast any animal or bird that comes into...
by Barbara | Jun 9, 2014 | Design, Uncategorized
Plantings are often used to hide downspouts but they are tricky to conceal with shrubbery alone. Finding this clever idea was pure gold and i look forward to using it on my next design project! There are trellises that exist that are perfect to hide an ugly downspout...
by Barbara | Jun 8, 2014 | Deer Problems
What can be more frustrating than spending money on your landscape only to have your neighborhood deer population decimate your investment? Not much! One of my first questions to folks wanting a landscape design is “Do you have a deer problem?” In many...
by Barbara | Jun 1, 2014 | Landscape Plants
Everyday, when I’m giving Tampa nursery tours and recommending plants I’m asked THE question: How big will it get? My mind always goes to the largest specimen of the particular plant I’m being asked about. The other day, on Facebook, someone posted...
