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  • You'll need: mason jar or baby food jar with sealable lid, kitchen sponge, hammer and nail, heavy-duty string, sponge, sugar, scissors, saucepan and flower stickers or decorative tape (optional). 2
  • 1. Prepare "butterfly food" by mixing nine parts water with one part sugar. If you are using a mason jar for your feeder, use tablespoons, and if you are using a baby food jar, use teaspoons.
  • 2. Using a nail and hammer, punch a small hole in the center of the lid. A piece of a sponge will need to fit snuggly in the hole, so keep it small – you can always make it bigger if necessary.
  • 3. Cut a 1/2 inch strip from your sponge, then pull it through the hole in the lid so about half of the sponge is sticking out from the top – you'll want the sponge to be a tight fit.
  • 4. Before you tie any string around the jar, decorate your jar with brightly colored stickers, construction paper or washi tape. Flower shapes and bright colors are great options, because they'll imitate the real deal.
  • 5. Use your string to make a hanger. Flip your jar upside down. Tie some string around the neck of the jar (slightly below the lid).  Cut two more pieces of string that are about two feet long.
  • That's it! Now you can hang your feeder outside. It will work best if it's placed about six inches higher than your tallest flowers. 3
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Make a DIY Butterfly Feeder in 6 Easy Steps

Don't underestimate the butterfly – it's more than just a pretty garden addition! There are 561 known butterfly species in the United States and Canada, all of which pollinate your ...»
flowers. Encourage butterflies to visit your yard and pollinate your plants by making a butterfly feeder. It's easy!

Full tutorial: https://brightnest.com/posts/attract-butterf...

Note: Some evidence suggests dyes may have negative health effects on humming birds. If you have humming birds in your region, we suggest making this sugar solon without dyes and making your jar extra colorful, instead!

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  • Don't leave your tomatoes hanging around defenseless. Plant a few of these great companions to help your veggies fend off insects. 2
  • 1. Basil. Helps repel thrips, flies and mosquitos. Excellent companion for tomatoes and peppers.
  • 2. Sage. Repels cabbage moths and flea beetles. Flowers are great for attracting bees and other beneficial insects.
  • 2. Lemon Catnip. Brew tea from its leaves and spray on plants to drive away flea beetles.
  • 4. Lemon Balm. Citronella compounds in its leaves do a wonderful job of repelling insects. Safe to rub on your skin as an organic mosquito repellent. 1
  • 4. German Chamomile improves oil production in herbs and improves flavor of onions and cabbage. You can also brew tea from its flowers.
  • 5. Scented marigolds keep the soil free of nematodes and attract beneficial insects like ladybugs.
  • 6. Nasturtiums make a great barrier around tomato plants, deterring squash bugs and trapping aphids. Nasturtium leaves and flowers are edible, making them a great addition to salads. 1
  • 7. Geraniums repel cabbage worms and Japanese beetles.
  • 8. Petunias repel leafhoppers, aphids, tomato worms. Like catnip, tea brewed from its leaves can be sprayed on your plants as an organic insecticide.
  • 9. Rosemary repels bean beetle, cabbage fly, cabbage moth and carrot fly.
  • 10. Mints deter white cabbage moths, ants, flea beetles, fleas and aphids. Make your own mint mulch and add to beets, giving them the benefits without the danger of invasive mint roots. 2
  • Example: Two tomato plants surrounded by a beneficial herb barrier including basil, oregano and rosemary. 2
  • Example: Tomato planted with marigold and basil companions.
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10 Great Friends: Veggie Garden Companion Plants

Don't leave your tomatoes hanging around defenseless. Plant a few of these great companions right beside them to repel detrimental insects. Our top ten favorites are included below. For ...»
more information - check the veggie, herb and flower compatibility of 44 common plants: www.gardenstamp.com/guides.html

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  • paint on hardware and add a jewelry button -fun for the holidays 2
  • add to a planter or wall
  • add a "lawn ornament" if you like
  • use simple craft sticks
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Whimsical Elf Door

let the wee filk feel right at home with a easy DIY popsicle stick elf door- fun to put on flower pots, walls, or tree trunks
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Paper Quilled Butterfly in a Jar

Created using a recycled jar and colored cardstock! Never needs fed! Tutorial included.
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Susan Myers Villa Rica, GA
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  • A big bunch of lilacs are tucked into an enamel pot. No need to arrange in a formal display, just let them spill over the sides.
  • Flowers always look good in white ironstone. The soft lavender color is perfect in a classic white pitcher.
  • Flowers always look good spilling out of a basket. Put a watertight container in the basket before filling with flowers. Just make sure the basket is large enough to hide the water container.
  • Tuck lilac stems into a house plant. Simply place the lilacs into bud vases filled with water before placing.
  • A small bunch of lilacs hangs from a decorative shelf bracket using crinkled seam binding. Use this effect for short-term decorating and then place the flowers in water as soon as possible (re-cut the stems before doing so).
  • This corner of my farmhouse kitchen shows several groupings of lilacs. Grouping like items together always packs a greater punch in a room.
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Tips for Decorating With Fresh Flowers

Decorating with flowers cut fresh from the yard is both economical and easy to do. Since lilacs are now in full bloom, see these ideas for decorating with lilacs cut from the bushes in ...»
your yard. More photos and ideas on my blog.

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  • Meconopsis Grandis or Blue Asiatic Poppy can be difficult to site, It needs loose, well drained fertile soil in part shade. Once established it will bloom like gangbusters for you every June/July.
  • Hellebore are a wonderful winter/early spring perennial in the shade garden. This one is particularly beautiful. I ran across it at VanDusen Botanical gardens and have been unable to identify the variety of this double bloom.
  • Tricyrtus Toad Lily is a unique perennial in the shade garden. It blooms from late summer to fall with spectacular orchid like blooms.
  • Epimedium sulphureum pink is a fab clump forming semi evergreen perennial that does well in dry shade. Yes, I said it! DRY SHADE! You're welcome.
  • Hosta's are a staple of our West Coast shade gardens. There are so many varieties, you can literally pick your favorite flavor. I'm partial to Proven Winners Hudson Bay, with its tri coloured leaves. They look fab in summer bouquets.
  • Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' grows excellently in my shade garden. Like a hosta it has beautifully detailed foliage. It also send out shoot of wonderful blue flowers in spring that remind me of forget-me-not's.
  • White cyclamen prefer cool shade. Although often sold as a houseplant this woodland perennial does nicely in the garden as well.
  • Trillium Flexipes has large white flowers that bloom in mid spring. They're only visible for a short time before their stalks bend and the flower disappears behind the foliage, hence their common name Bent Trillium or Drooping Trillium.
  • This annual Coleus from Proven Winners grows from sun to part shade, and bring fantastic colour and texture into the shade garden.
  • Hellebores Onyx Odyssey another stunning double hellebores for late spring and into summer in the shade garden. Pair this beauty with light or bright coloured blooms for added drama.
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Starlette's of the Shade Garden

Think those sunny gardens have all the fun? That big drama can only be accomplished in full sun? Not true! Here are a few of the Drama Queens kicking up a fuss in my shade/pt shade garden.
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Wishing Well - All Scrap Wood

Too much time on my hands made this over the weekend, and it is all from scrap wood. This definitely is a proto type. I am going to make an official one along with some furniture and ...»
bring it on down to the River Walk in La. Tell me if you like this? Like I said it is from scrap wood, and spare shingles.

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  • When we moved we remodeled the kitchen on a budget which didn't include new cabinets but it did include a new farm sink that we lovingly call The Queen!
  • The Husband built in The Queen adding support underneath...this baby was bigger than the existing sink and the cabinet doors had to be adjusted to accommodate the new addition. Soooo, we had to have new cabinet doors!
  • How about repurposing armoire doors!? We made a twin headboard from the top two doors and the bottom doors went to The Queen!
  • Reba-The-Cat approves of  the sink but she's not thrilled that there's another Queen in the house :) xo
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Adding a Farm Sink to Existing Cabinets

When we moved onto Stone House Lane we remodeled the kitchen on a budget. The budget didn't include new cabinets, so when we added a big farm sink ...aka: The Queen, the old cabinets had ...»
to be adjusted and new doors added to cover up The Queen's underpants! We repurposed old armoire doors!

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All Things Heart and Home Marietta, GA
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