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Marilyn V

Farmland, IN
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  • Pallet fence panel before trimming the rotten wood and painting. 2
  • Pallet fence panel after trimming and painting.
  • The fence is being installed. 2
  • The garden gate was made from pallets too.  The arbor was made from my childrens' old sandbox.  We cut the large boards down to build the arbor.
  • The fence is almost finished.
  • Here is a picture taken from my bench at the back of the garden looking towards the arbor.  The fence is complete.  Now on to making the garden look pretty.  This will take awhile. 1
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Re-purposing pallets

This is a fence I made for my garden using pallets and old pickets from a fence that had been torn down. When I ran out of the old pickets, I used pallet boards and cut them to match the ...»
pickets so I could complete the project. My fenced area is 30' X 40' and I still had pallets left over for other projects.

Allison House
Allison House Sumter, SC
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  • Here is a picture taken from my bench at the back of the garden looking towards the arbor.  The fence is complete.  Now on to making the garden look pretty.  This will take awhile. 1
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Re-purposing pallets

Allison House
Allison House Sumter, SC
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  • "Polatems" (Pots,plates, totems)  My husband always says "What will she think of next"! 30
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"Polatems" (pots, plates, totems) birdbaths, bird feeders and planters.

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Patty S Sturgeon Bay, WI
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Home Made Bird Bath

Create your own birdbath using concrete, chicken wire and a large hosta leaf. It is very easy and the birds love it too! The hard part is waiting for it to set before you display it in ...»
your garden.

Visit my blog to see the tutorial http://dewdropgardens.blogspot.ca/2012/08/ho...

Debbie Borthwick
Debbie Borthwick Canada
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This is a birdbath I made from reclaimed glass vases, plates, bowls and an ashtray, glued together with epoxy.

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Lori H Renton, WA
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Make A Stone Birdhouse

Empress of Dirt - Melissa
Empress of Dirt - Melissa Canada
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Sea Glass Jar DIY

I creating these jars using a homemade modpodge (2 parts glue to 1 part water) mixed with food coloring, water and a little dishsoap. Took me all of about 10 minutes and I LOVE the way ...»
they came out. Placed them in my kitchen window and it makes doing the dishes a lot more enjoyable! ;)

For more details you can go to my blog:

http://livegorgeously.blogspot.com/2012/07/s...

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Ashleigh B Mountain Home, ID
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Doily Lanterns

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Margaret @ Moving Forward Canada
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FIVE Fabulous Tutorials from Around the Web

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Terra Cotta Pot Fountain

INSTRUCTIONS: You can see from the picture what kind of pots I used. The large basin on the bottom is plastic. You can also use a very large terra cotta saucer, but it doesn't hold much water and you have to keep refilling. I know because I tried it.

You can use any size pots you want. I like the strawberry pot because the water comes out of the holes.

The pump sits on the bottom of the big basin. You put a large size pot upside down in the big bowl to ...»

cover the pump as you see it in the picture, then stack other pots as you like. Then you just run clear hose (Lowes) from the pump (also Lowes) up to the top saucer. You have to do a little cutting and drilling on the first pot that the pump is under. Cut out a little space on the edge of that pot so the electrical cord can run through and so that the pot can sit flat and also drill a few holes in the upper rim of that pot so water can flow inside to the pump. Since the pots already have holes in the bottom, you will only have to drill through the center of the saucers to run the hose up.

You have to use a masonry bit. They are a little expensive, but well worth it. You should get a bit large enough to drill a hole the same size as the holes in the pots. Then get a hose wide enough, but one that will easily slide through to the top. I got everything I needed at Lowes.

Put colored stones or rounded river stones (Lowes again) in the top and middle saucers for decoration. The stones will control how your water comes out of the top. Good luck. Have fun.

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Debbie M Hazleton, PA
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