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FMG July Project Challenge begins!

Let’s pick a project and do it!   In July!

Many of us have a file full of garden ideas or have wanted to do a project they’ve seen here on our page.  Look through your file or in our albums and pick one you can do ALL this this month…  It’s a challenge!

How to:

#1 Choose any project you’ve wanted to do.

#2 Decide to do it now and post your intentions!

 

 Then….

#3 Sometime THIS month, post a “how to” photo of the materials you’re using.

#4 Sometime THIS month, post a photo of your finished project!

 

Label all your photos “July Project Challenge”

Your photos will be included in a special Photo Album and could be included in an article on our companion Flea Market Gardening website.  Junkin` in July!

Sooo, first step: Write a post on our Wall OR in the comments here, tell us your project and if on the Facebook page include the words,  “July Project Challenge”

 

OK, I’m off to look through my idea file!  ~~ Sue

Who’s joining and what they’re doing!

Peggy Paterchak- Old wheel herb garden

Debi Shoun Hopkins-  Glass insulator project

Pam Lange- Plant some galvanized buckets Name of project: Get Galvanized!

Sarah Ann Jones- Pergola with swing and flagstone patio. Name of project “JUST A SWINGIN”

Joshua Miller- Gas garden lamps that run on chicken manure

Debra Iacobellis Caw- Garden ladder project!

Ann Larsen- Summer project dragonflies

Valerie Knutson-  Rakish old rakes

 

 

Ammie Crumpton Peters- Greenhouse/garden shed

Mary Hunt- Potting bench

Di-Ellen Davenport- Pet Memorial garden

Claudia Cline- Morris  Gravel paths

Colleen Weaver- Fence board herb garden

Lisa Waters- Picket fence with a birdhouse, plants

Natalie Tabor McPherson- Orchard door/flower border

Lori Conley  Shutter project

LuAnn Hebert Buff- Cobblestone pathways and wire fence

Sue Langley- Mailbox Planter

Stormy Day-  Zen Garden

Tonya Fennig-  Garden Arbor

JudynEd Meglasson- Succulent Garden

Barbara Leslie Gilstrap- Bench from old tree

Teri Crawford Smith- Mosaic steps

Recycled by Skattur- Tree Stump Gnome House

Myra Glandon- Barn birdhouse

Marie Niemann- Old mailbox in my garden for my tools and gloves

Lille Landsby- Headboard fence by our little cottage

Debs Kislingbury-Boivie- Garden Mirrors project.

Heidi Bender-  Fairy House

Julie Watt- Bottle flowers

Becky Shaul Norris- Mosaic bathtub water feature

Janet Schermerhorn- Potting bench

Cindy Large- Outhouse UPS drop box / Garden tool shed

Cece Harpo- Fence project

 

 

Debbie Wicker Long Baker- Gazing ball and scrap iron flowers

Michele Grove Young- Creamery can tabletop

Peggy Therrien Taylor- Vanity top w/mirror project

Sharon Stimson- I have two project. A mosaic and a whatchamacallit project

Cyndi S. Kudelka- Accent shed wall project

Toni Visconti- July project challenge- bird arbor-

Kim White Trudo- A new succulent planter

Natalie Tabor McPherson- Arbor doorway with flower beds

Caroline Artzi- Garden shed fix-up

Kay Hess Grogg- Cement sculptures with fabric

Gina Powell Melanie McKiddy- and Amy Harris Patterson Picture frame project

Gina Powell- Window Project                                                                                                                                  50

Sandee Schwieger -Garden Shed Vignette

Claire Conlon- White wagon wheel herb garden

Janet Derrick Waddel-l Ladder project

Ruth O’Donnell- Paint old tires for flower beds

Stephanie Freeman- Zoe’s Hidden Garden

Kathryn O’Brien-Custadio- Bird bath project with the green vases

Rebecca Fenley- DIY greenhouse

Maryann Planic Milcic- Wooden pallet potting bench

Jeanie Merritt- Bowling Ball Garden Lady

Penny Piatt- Roof my shed

Nichole White- I want to make a Fairy Garden

Shirley Uhlman- Bird Cage Planter

Kathleen Henderson- Fairy garden in a broken clay pot

 

 

Toni Visconti- Bird arbor

Gail Balcom- Topsy turvy planter

Linda Harnish Lull- Plant raspberry bushes/perennial veggies

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Melissa Soucy- Paint my plant ladder

Julie Brown- Clean up this area

Tina Akers- Decorative faucet handle cross board

Marion Bronner- Mosaic lotus tabletop

Peggy Paterchak- Metal wheel herb garden

Jenni Henni- Wicker fan project

Ann Chastain- Dragonfly Garden Stake

Jane Tex Schneider- Ocean garden

Linda Gladman- Mailbox & bicycle OR recycled potting bench

Debbie Avila Newton- Painting ”faux bricks” on cement walkway

Janet Derrick Waddell- Front porch flower box!!

Maria Hernandez- “Butterfly Wagon.”

Melinda McCarty Sabo- Hanging herb garden

Joyce Harbin- Cole old tree into a fairy home.

Becky Lynn- ‘Ugly’ corner redo/old wagon wheel, wheelbarrow/porch swing

Angela Carr Tackett- Ceiling fan Dragonfly/red wagon fairy landscape

Darlene Danielson- Egg basket planter

Sandy Mathis – Front entry fix up

Patty Runyon- Wicker chair project

Lisa Bradford Collier Garden angel

Terri Kay Hall Kemp- Recycled/upcycled material windchime and a planter

Linda Dunlap- Dragon fly

 

 

Rhonda Mike Duchesneau- Glass totem bird bath and gazing/bowling ball

Susan Bauer- Mish-mash metal flowers on stakes

Martha Meger Francour- Potting bench.

Rachel Mix- Re-do old table, first grouting project.

Laurie Knutowski Skusevich- Fairy garden

Tami Henderson- Old mailbox in my garden

Billie Wilson‎- Arbor from old doors.

Nancy Carter‎- Nesting box for the birds

Racquel Downing Stair- Garden Dragonfly

Sue Roberts Blakeman- Bowling ball mosaic.

Valerie Blackwell- Repurpose found dresser

Lynn Majors Hayward- New fence  in my little side garden…

Barbara McGee-  Bed spring fence

Alice Keiner- Glass flowers and birdbath/feeders

Sandy Mathis-  Front entry fix up

Yesteryear’s Garden Art-  Patio water fountain from vintage/upcycled glass/knick knacks  #99!

Cindy Zamojcin- Painted Wheelbarrow planter

Cindy Maag- Remake a garage sale bargain chair

Kay Comer- Distressed garden sign

Roger D. Cope- Hypertufa elephant leaf

Suzanne Martin Biddle Sager- Garden area, using bricks, cinder blocks, columns

Valerie Weston- Birdbaths/flowers from red glass I saved

Laura Mayo- Backyard Redo

Karyn Courter- Re-purpose piano into a wine bar

Christine Cowles Iturrino- Repurpose cooking pan lids to mini birdbaths

Cindy Zamojcin-  Painted Wheelbarrow planter

Donna Allgaier-Lamberti- decorate the exterior of my playhouse/fairy garden

Nancy Wilkerson- Reclaimed metal porch decoration columns project

Marj Spence- Old wash tub into a water feature

Lynn Carol Paluska-  Picket fence & furniture to create “Secret Garden

Elaine M. Valladao- I plan to make a lamp out of this electric insulator

Patti Clarke- Deck/Porch redo

Nancy Short Logan- Dragonfly

Melissa Blanco –  Fountain out of a clawfoot tub

Becky N Howard Ambrose –  Memory Wall

Shea Ricci – Windchime

Sue Langley

Sue Langley, a passionate gardener and photographer lives and gardens with her husband and Corgi, Maggie on 7 acres just south of Yosemite, Zone 7 at 3000 feet. She manages the Flea Market Gardening Facebook page and website.

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