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Make a Chicken Wire Dragonfly Decoration for Your Garden

Make a Chicken Wire Dragonfly Decoration for Your Garden

Chicken wire sculptures are a charming and creative way to accessorize backyard gardens and patio planters. If you like the look and you’re in the mood for a satisfying weekend project that you’ll be able to appreciate all summer long, a DIY chicken wire dragonfly might be right up your alley! New to working with […]

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Backyard Spoilers, Sweetie: Doctor Who-Inspired Stepping Stones

Decorate Your Garden with Doctor Who Stepping Stones

Ready to bring some serious geek cred to your garden? You’ll definitely want to carve out some time this weekend for this delightfully unexpected Doctor Who-inspired stepping stones project! To the uninitiated, these lovely stepping stones will just look like quirky geometric art, but, to fellow Whovians, your new backyard decor will make you a […]

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Build the Ultimate Backyard Garden with a Hugelkultur Raised Bed

Build the Ultimate Backyard Garden with a Hugelkultur Raised Bed

Turn an unused corner of your backyard into an impressive DIY garden with the hugelkultur raised bed garden technique! According to permaculture expert Paul Wheaton: Hugelkultur is nothing more than making raised garden beds filled with rotten wood. This makes for raised garden beds loaded with organic material, nutrients, air pockets for the roots of […]

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Crafty Garden: Use Spoons to Make a Rain Chain

Crafty Garden: Use Spoons to Make a Rain Chain

Rain chains are a lovely and useful addition to gutters or gardens, where they can be used in place of downspouts or as stand-alone tools to help you direct the flow of rainwater. Whether you’re connecting them to your gutters or placing them above water collection barrels or water-loving spots in your garden, rain chains […]

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Paint the Town with Homemade Sidewalk Paints

Paint the Town with Homemade Sidewalk Paints

With hints of spring in the air in so many places across the country this week, it’s definitely a good time to start planning for those warm weather activities. The next time the sun shines, make a craft date with your creative kids and spend the afternoon whipping up a dazzling rainbow of family-friendly homemade […]

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Build The Best Snow Fort On The Block With This DIY Snow Brick Mold

Build The Best Snow Fort On The Block With This DIY Snow Brick Mold

Building walls, forts, igloos, and other favorite snow structures just got a whole lot easier and much more impressive. This weekend, take your personal winter wonderland to a whole new level and previously unseen heights with this DIY method for making perfectly-shaped stackable snow bricks for all your cold weather construction needs! As a kid […]

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