Backyard Projects

Turn a coffee can into a DIY birdhouse with this simple recycled crafts project!

Learn how to make a birdhouse out of cloth for small birds like wrens and chickadees.

Add clay pots to a wooden garden trellis, and you can switch out the plants to suit the seasons!

Learn how to make a DIY birdhouse perfect for wrens and other small birds using a clay flower pot.

This garden craft creates DIY plant markers using clay and letter stamps that are perfect for seed starting time.

Learn how to turn a chair into a planter with this simple garden project.

Personalize a DIY birdhouse with an old license plate, and you’ll have a real one-of-a-kind place for birds to call...

Recycle an old bowling ball into a ladybug (or three!) with a little paint and a few supplies. This bowling...

Recycle an old bowling ball into a bumblebee with this bowling ball garden art project!

A DIY birdhouse doesn’t get any easier than this! Learn how to build a nest box from single pine board.

Don’t toss those aluminum cans in the recycling bin – save them for this fun recycled crafts project!

Feed birds with this simple and fun homemade birdseed suet recipe. Learn how easy it is to make birdseed suet...

Rain Chains

DIY Stepping Stones and Border

A gift from one gardener to another.

Attract Hummingbirds With a Perch Swing

Recycled Backyard: Slinky Flower Pot Stakes

Do you compost?  Or, have you wanted to try composting? A couple of weeks ago, I went on a ‘edible

Nesting birds use a variety of  materials to create the perfect place to lay their eggs. You can help attract...

Do you like to grow ornamental plants in large pots?  I do.  Especially brightly-colored pots that add color to the

After my wearable vases project from earlier this week, I had a bunch of little brown bottles left over and

A few years ago, a new style of feeder started appearing in wild bird supply stores and catalogs. It’s basically

Are you ever faced with going away for a few days only to return to dried out, thirsty plants?  Or

This DIY bird feeder wreath idea is simple and classic – a different twist on the once so popular popcorn and cranberry

Fall and winter seem to be wreath season. Although they can be hung any time of year, wreaths are certainly

I like old things.  So, when I spotted an old, galvanized watering can at an antique shop – I knew

Many areas of the United States are suffering from extreme drought and your garden may also be showing signs of