Garden Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/tag/garden/ Creating imaginative & inviting places Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:21:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://makeitagarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-miag-watering-can-32x32.png Garden Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/tag/garden/ 32 32 Clever use of Driftwood makes a Happy Garden https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:53:00 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=6399 Garden Tour Series What do you see in a piece of driftwood? To the average eye, this might be like looking at ink spots, or cloud formations. But to Walt Erickson, it seemed quite human. Adding driftwood that had the right shape and length for arms and legs, Walt’s “Woody and Wilma” fish every summer… Continue reading Clever use of Driftwood makes a Happy Garden

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/clever-use-of-driftwood-makes-a-happy-garden/feed/ 4 6399 How to Care for Perennials in early Spring https://makeitagarden.com/how-to-care-for-perennials-in-early-spring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-care-for-perennials-in-early-spring https://makeitagarden.com/how-to-care-for-perennials-in-early-spring/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:23:37 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=5834 Care for Perennials in early Spring Ugh! There’s nothing pretty about a garden in early Spring. Everything is covered with last Fall’s leaves. My beds are brown and the soil is cold and wet. But there’s a lot happening beneath the surface that your eyes do not see! If you’re new to perennials–maybe you planted… Continue reading How to Care for Perennials in early Spring

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/how-to-care-for-perennials-in-early-spring/feed/ 0 5834 Help the bees get a cool drink of water https://makeitagarden.com/help-the-bees-get-a-cool-drink-of-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-the-bees-get-a-cool-drink-of-water https://makeitagarden.com/help-the-bees-get-a-cool-drink-of-water/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2020 07:42:46 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=5225 Bees pollinate our flowers and help our veggies grow. But they get thirsty just like you do when you've been working hard. Learn how to make a "bee bar" to provide some liquid refreshment to help your bees this summer.

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/help-the-bees-get-a-cool-drink-of-water/feed/ 2 5225 How to Make Pretty Bird Feeders from Tea Cups https://makeitagarden.com/how-to-make-pretty-bird-feeders-from-tea-cups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-pretty-bird-feeders-from-tea-cups https://makeitagarden.com/how-to-make-pretty-bird-feeders-from-tea-cups/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2019 05:49:33 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=3504 “Come feed the little birds, show them you care. And you’ll be glad if you do. Their young ones are hungry, their nests are so bare. All it takes is tuppence from you.” from Mary Poppins, words by R. & R. Sherman Your love for birds and love for the whimsical come together with these… Continue reading How to Make Pretty Bird Feeders from Tea Cups

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