Easy Garden Projects and Ideas

Welcome to Happiness is Homemade! Since the spring weather has gotten us in the mood to venture outdoors, I’ve chosen five garden-related entries to be featured this week.

Let’s find out what we can learn from these easy garden projects and ideas. On to the features!

I’d like to share with you my painted plastic flower pot which I gave a major makeover. Visit my post so you can see the tutorial. Hopefully you can get some inspiration to makeover your own garden planter!

FEATURED GARDEN PROJECTS AND IDEAS

Ann, of Ann’s Entitled Life, teaches us how to grow vegetables in garden soil bags. What? I never knew this could be a possibility! Just look at those healthy veggies growing. Hop over to her blog and follow the instructions to replicate her gardening style.

Five Spot Green Living tells us how to make pesticides from orange peels for a natural way to repel pests in your garden. Visit their blog to find out what insects their solution repels. Go natural for our environment!

Lisa, at Condo Blues, has a great idea for a DIY hanging herb garden for small spaces. For an even better idea, she made the hanging planter to be self-watering!

Lisa’s patio was a little crowded with other plantings so she decided “if you can’t go out, go up,” so a hanging garden was her solution.

Corine, from Junk to Gems, shows us how she made a farmhouse bucket planter for her front porch. Her supplies not only included a galvanized pail and watering can, but also a recycled item and a Dollar Tree supply.

Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? Visit her blog to find out how this beautiful project all came together! (Link no longer available)

Melissa, from Little Frugal Homestead, shares with us a peek of her vegetable garden in her “Happenings on the Homestead” series.

Aren’t you envious of her wonderful looking garden? You can tell a lot of labor went into the design! Pop over to her blog post and find out what she has planted.

ALLYSON’S WEEKLY BONUS FEATURE:

Melynda, from Scratch Made Food for Hungry People, has the perfect solution for getting rid of pesky weeds. She shares the recipe for mixing up her homemade weed killer.

This concoction will surely come in handy for getting rid of the weeds that constantly pop up in the cracks of my driveway!

TIME FOR THE PARTY!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers