5 Ways To Use Dried Banana Peels As A Fertilizer

How to Use Bananas in the Garden

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Banana peels are really rich in nutrients. This is a neat article that explains five different ways to prepare bananas for use as fertilizer in the garden.

  • Using the sun to dry out banana peels
  • How to dry banana peels in the oven and prepare as a fertilizer
  • How to make a fertilizer spray using dried banana peels, egg shells & one more ingredient
  • How to use dehydrated banana peels in the garden
  • How to use window screens to dry banana peels

Click on the 5 Ways to Use Dried Banana Peels as a Fertilizer to read the complete article.

5 Ways To Use Dried Banana Peels As A Fertilizer

Fall Container Gardening Ideas

Alison Miksch – Photogapher / Buffy Hargett Miller – Prop Stylist


I found this post on the Southern Living website and was blown away by the photography and the beautiful container arrangements they put together for the Fall.

The post begins:

“Bring a seasonal splash of color to your entryway by mixing and matching eye-popping blooms with rustic grasses and foliage in your fall container gardens. Container gardens are a great way to enjoy seasonal splashes of color. For fall container gardening, mix eye-popping blooms with rustic grasses and foliage. Here, the Southern Living gardening editors share bright ideas for bringing the shades and tones of autumn to your home. From decorative mums and pumpkins—you can even combine the two in a mumkin—to vibrant window boxes, these fall container gardens are full of inspiration. For unique fall container gardening ideas, consider using succulents, or marvel at our Tabletop Topiary. If color is your inspiration, fill your outdoor space with a Pink Petunia Window Box, or the Bright Gold Fall Container Gardens. Whatever your inspiration, these fall container gardening ideas will make every autumn day feel like it is filled with beauty.”

Then there’s a wide variety of different container garden arrangements.  Keep scrolling down on the Southern Living website to see more.

Here are just a few of the arrangements:

  • Tennessee and Great Smokey Mountains Regional Container
  • Decorative Mums and Pumpkins
  • Vibrant Fall Colors Container
  • Show-Stopping Autumn Window Box
  • And More!

Click on the Fall Container Gardening Ideas below to see all of the great and beautiful ideas.

Fall Container Gardening Ideas


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66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden

66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden

Photo credit: George Hodan

This is a terrific article that has a starter list of 66 plants you can grow in containers. You can click on any link to get more information. The list includes:

  • Fruit Trees
  • Citrus Fruits
  • Tropical Fruits
  • Some Surprise plants
  • Veggies
  • Melons
  • Herbs
  • Root Vegetables
  • Other Healthy Veggies

Click on the 66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden link below to see the complete article.

66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden

How to Make DIY Birdseed Cakes

How to Make DIY Birdseed Cakes

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Would you like to make a simple birdseed cake that you can hang from a tree for the birds? Pam has a nice, simple birdseed cake recipe that will make the birds in your back yard happy and well-fed. One thing I love is the use of inserted twigs which the birds can use as perches.

It really is a simple recipe. In addition to wild bird seed, the recipe uses Karo syrup, flour and other ingredients. Pam includes a neat tip that helps to reinforce the birdseed cake. Very creative!

Click on the How to Make DIY Birdseed Cakes link below to see the entire recipe.

How to Make DIY Birdseed Cakes

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Make a DIY Butterfly Feeder

DIY Butterfly Feeder

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Lynn Coulter shares some incredibly easy ways to make a DIY Butterfly feeder. She adapts the butterfly watering station featured in Kylee Baumle’s book, The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly .

She begins with:

“It may not seem like a feast to you, but a dish of decaying fruit is just the ticket to lure butterflies to your garden. Set out their favorite foods and a source of water, and watch for them from spring into fall.

Butterfly feeders are easy to make, and kids will find it fun to help. Here are a few options for your homemade diner, and take note: you can shop for plates, saucers or other shallow containers from a thrift store or your own cabinet. But since the feeder will be outdoors, don’t use anything valuable.”
Then she explains how to make a couple of different butterfly feeders using old plates and other materials. She includes some recommendations for what food to put in the feeder. There’s also a helpful set of tips at the end of the post.Click on the Make a DIY Butterfly Feeder link below to see the complete tutorial.

Make a DIY Butterfly Feeder


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Attract Pretty Pollinators with an Irresistible Butterfly Garden

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Stephanie Rose shares a great post that explains everything you need to know to attract butterflies to your garden.

She begins with:

Butterflies are beautiful to watch flitting about the garden and they are essential pollinators for a large number of plants. Many butterfly populations are dwindling right now, but with a few minor tweaks in the garden, we can help save these pretty pollinators, and enjoy their beauty and benefit in the garden at the same time. Read on to discover which plants butterflies need during their life cycle, and what to grow to attract various species to your yard.

Then she discusses how butterflies grow and what they need to thrive in your garden. One of the most useful pieces of information is a lit of specific butterflies and the plants that attract them.

Attract Pretty Pollinators with an Irresistible Butterfly Garden


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How to Make Stacked Buckets of Flowers for Your Garden

 

How to Make Stacked Buckets of Flowers for Your Garden

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Old galvanized buckets make wonderful planters for flowers, especially if you stack them for a waterfall effect.

This article explains how to prepare the buckets, what to add in addition to soil, and how to stack the buckets. Plant your favorite flowers in each bucket and you have a beautiful rustic planter. I think multi-colored petunias look perfect.

Click on the How to Make Stacked Buckets of Flowers for Your Garden link below to see the simple directions for this planter.

How to Make Stacked Buckets of Flowers for Your Garden

32 Inspiring Garden Fountains

 

32 Inspiring Garden Fountains

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Adding a fountain to your garden or backyard adds the soothing and relaxing sound of running water. This article shares 32 different garden fountains. If you see a fountain you like, just click on the picture and you’ll see more details.

I only saw one or two DIY tutorials. These are mostly for inspiration. Another nice feature of this article is that for many of the fountains, if you click on the picture there are often additional pictures of the garden the fountain is from.

Some of these fountains would work on ground locations in a small garden space. There’s one balcony fountain, but I’m not sure most buildings would allow you to install it.  It’s a very nice collection of garden fountains.  Click on the 32 Inspiring Garden Fountains link below to see all 32 fountains.

32 Inspiring Garden Fountains