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Sandra A

Broaddus, TX
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About Me:

Gardening, fishing, being outdoors

Favorite area of home improvement:

Working with hubby to build storage room onto our mobile home.


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  • My colander tree 1

I love collecting many things including colanders

River birch tree filled with my colander/planters... used coffee filters and coco liners to hold in the moisture so flowers can grow.
CeeJai
CeeJai Stockbridge, GA
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  • Here are some impatiens planted in a metal minnow bucket and the bucket insert.  Holes were punched in the bottoms for drainage.
  • I had my husband add a rubber pad to the top rung and side posts to protect the siding.  He also put a large nail in two of the rungs to keep the buckets in place.  One of the bucket bottom holes slides over the nail. 1
  • An old tree house ladder picked up for free adds vertical interest to my minnow bucket plant containers.
  • End of season photo.
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Re-Purposed Tree House Ladder

I am always on the look out for fun and unusual plant containers, AND fun and unusual junk to display my plant containers in and/or on. When I heard that my son was tearing down an old ...»
tree house on his property, I told him that I wanted the ladder. #Love2Repurpose #Recycle

30 Minutes Easy
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Organized Clutter International Falls, MN
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  • My original beloved Fairyball. 15
  • This is where my Fairyball piece sits in one of my shade gardens. Its on the left of this photo. 3
  • Oh no! A deadly mishap! Had to replace it with a temporary one this morning. 4
  • This is the TOP of the hole that is drilled in the log with the strand of lights plugged into the extension cord that is fished up through the hole in the log.
  • Feeding the lights into the INSIDE of the gazing ball.
  • Lights all inserted into the INSIDE of the gazing ball. This is how the ball will sit in the crook of the log.
  • I tape the extension cord and the end of the strand of lights together with electrical tape so they cannot fall back through that long hole in the log! Helps keep any moisture out too.
  • This is how the gazing ball sits on the log. No glue necessary. it just rests in the crook with the stem in the hole. Now I'll take some moss and cover up the transition.
  • All finished until I find a new gazing ball... 2
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Lighted gazing ball

This is my lighted gazing ball that I lovingly refer to as my "Fairyball". It's made from a standard gazing ball that can be purchased at most garden or craft centers and an old log we ...»
fished out of a river while camping. We let it dry for a year, then drilled a hole right up through the center and ran an extension cord up through the hole to plug the strand of lights into. Colored LED lights have been the best string of lights because they do not get hot inside the glass ball and burn out. Its on a timer and glows 365 days a year down in my shade garden.

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Julee S Bangor, MI
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  • Another whimsical fountain created with a teapot and cup. 10
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Aquascape Inc. Saint Charles, IL
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My First and Favorite Junk Garden Purchase

About 15 years ago I purchased my first and favorite junk garden collectible, my wheelbarrow. I paid $15 for it at a garage sale. I filled it with two vintage galvanized laundry tubs, and ...»
planted them with annuals. I protect it's chippy condition with a coat of clear Thompson's water seal every other year.

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Organized Clutter International Falls, MN
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  • Made from logs... 3
  • Topiary 4
  • Punch bowls and vases 5
  • Fairy Garden Houses
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11 Creative Mushroom Projects for your Garden...

Every second Monday on my Facebook Page I share a collection of cool garden idea's I have collected from across the web. Last week we were 'Mad About Mushrooms'. Here are a few of my ...»
favorites, to see the rest go to: http://www.sowanddipity.com/mushroom-garden-...

Shelley @ Sow and Dipity
Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada
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  • So far my collection is all metal.
  • My kids actually used this one.
  • I have four so far.  They were all purchased inexpensively at garage sales.

Outdoor Collections: Sprinklers

I'm a collector of vintage items. In addition to my indoor collectibles, I also decorate my outdoor areas and gardens with collections.
Organized Clutter
Organized Clutter International Falls, MN
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  • Here is my tea pot fountain in full bloom. 7
  • We drilled a a hole in the tea pot and then threaded it. We attached flanges to a solid concrete block to support both the tea pot and the gold pan. The block is heavy enough to support the weight of the unit underwater. 5
  • We then built a support for the gold pan and dropped the unit into the whiskey barrel. We added a fountain pump and inserted tubing up through the tee on the bottom of the pipe that supports the tea pot and into the tea pot. 1
  • Add water and your done! The unit is free standing so it can be leveled and no holes are drilled in the whiskey barrel. I put it all away every winter and take it out and set it up in the spring. 1
  • Last year we poured a concrete base that the whiskey barrel sits on so it doesn't sink into the dirt. 1
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Tea pot fountain instructions.

Here are the instructions of how we made my tea pot fountain. Hope it helps with all of you who are interested!
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  • How do you get rid of fruit flies? 1

How Do You Get Rid Of Fruit Flies?

We're not talking infestation here, but we seem to have up to 20 persistent fruit flies in the kitchen - regardless of the presence of fruit! Can't figure out where they're coming from! How do we get rid of them? Quick - before we start naming them!
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AK Complete Home Renovati... Marietta, GA
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    I've drowned some in balsalmic vinegar.
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