Upcycled Garden Style

"When I bought this old rusty RC Cola cooler I thought I might use it as a drink cooler at a party or BBQ, but soon realized it had a better future, becoming a potting station. With old hooks, handles, metal trays and wire baskets it has become just that. It can be wheeled around and will hold all the equipment that is needed for this job."

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She wanted a raised planter bed in her yard, along her fence, to make it a little harder for the dogs to dig in the garden bed and to provide more color when looking out her patio doors.

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For another take on a raised bed, make a free-form bed of corrugated galvanized steel.

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Who does not have a plain white, black or cream metal filing cabinet in their home or office?

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The mailboxes are covered in wallpaper!

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Follow this link to see ants and dragonflies created from spoons, nails and knives!

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You start with a fine piece of junk and some finds from nature.

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For this project, you’ll need the pallet you found, 2 large bags of potting soil, 16 six packs of annual flowers (one six pack per opening on the face of the pallet, and two six packs per opening on the top of the completed pallet garden), a small roll of landscape fabric, a staple gun, staples, and sand paper.

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People tend not to know what an outdoor orb is (since I made the phrase up), so I’ve decided to change the name to White Glass Shades that Every House Used to Have But Now Doesn’t Because We all Threw Them Out Like Idiots. And Now We Have to Buy Them From Secondhand Stores.

How’s that?

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A base from an old fixture and charming old flatware becomes a garden windchime.

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Homesteading can be done in the city; including raising chickens. You will need to check your city ordinances, but assuming they allow poultry, look at what you can do in a small space!

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"Broken shoes or a shoe which lost its pair can be media to create junk garden. Rotten wood ladder will make this garden unique and match with nature around it. Old wooden fence becomes the best background for them to give natural and beautiful accent. Bougainville flowers in pink and white color are planted in the man shoes which are arranged on the wooden ladder.

Some of rolled rusted wires and old rolled cable are hung on the wooden fence to complete the junk decoration. Many kind of shoes are perfect for make this art junk garden. Make sure you create a drainage hole as a place out of water so that plants do not rot."

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A new use for a garden tractor tiller.

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Debbie gardens in Algoma, WI, United States. 

"The weather hasn't been as nice here, in April, as it had been in March, but my growing season still goes on.

 I discovered a good way to germinate seeds again this year, and had to ask myself, "why didn't I think of that sooner"!

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These natural and durable building materials provide a very cool contrast to elegant succulent plants. Used bricks work even better because they have a bit of personality and history behind them, and not to forget the costs (if they are used, they are probably thrown away, so they are free) .

The tricky part is to drill the holes, it not very difficult but you’ll have to be very patient, because any shock could shatter the brick. The candle holder is optional, you can choose to do it, but it will only score points at style.

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Plant this armoire anywhere inside to provide an organized potting place. Show off painted terra-cotta pots in upside-down stacks on a high shelf. Secure a paper-towel holder under the shelf for quick cleanup.

Bottom drawers can hold anything from books and magazines to knee pads and hats. Remove one drawer and use the shelf to store fabric-lined baskets that hold bulbs and seeds.

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“We do lots of things, like have a garden, a compost, recycle, and also like to do artsy things out of “other things”. For example, I managed to get about 20 vintage toilet tanks in pastel colors, and used them to make planters!”

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Wouldn't these look great on your storage shed? Garden house? Mounted on a fence?

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After pulling apart two pallets, we used the 2 x 4 sized boards to make a rectangular frame to attached the appropriated table legs.

Debate went back and forth whether or not to strip the paint off the legs…we’re not huge fans of washed out creamy yellow.

We ended up just leaving them dinged up how we found them. In the end, it worked in our favor.

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