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5 Most Popular Flea Market Gardening Ideas

Top 5 best topics on Flea Market Gardening and garden junkola!

You clicked on these five posts the most in 2015 and no wonder!  They’re all fantastic projects and very “FMG!”

 

Easy to make dish flowers

…Plus 5 ways to attach them to the ‘stems!’

Our Flea Market Gardening experts show how to make dish flowers, how to attach the ‘stems’ and how to put on the finishing touches!

 

Make a fun molded bird seed wreath

How to Make a Bird Seed Wreath for your feathered friends!

Try this easy ring pan mold from unflavored gelatin and bird seed and watch the bird flock to it!   This idea was discovered last month and it caused a ripple effect amongst the Flea Market Gardening gang that even now spreads ever wider.  I love when ideas circulate like this!

 

Flea Market Glass Garden Totem: Step by Step

Glass Garden Totems: How to

How to make a garden totem from recycled glass pieces?  Jeanne explains it, step by step.  Easy!

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Tired of ‘rust?’  Are you in a ‘glass’ mode for your gardens?  Here’s a fairly simple glass totem bird ‘waterer’ to try with thrift shop dishes and vases.

Sue’s ‘Rock Star’ mosaic rocks

Art for the Garden!

Transform these river stones into mosaic masterpieces with just a few simple supplies!  Sue Gerdes, of Flea2Fab, her garden art craft business, shows you how to do a brilliant and colorful new project in her usual, delightful way.

 

Make your own concrete planters

It’s easy to make your own concrete hypertufa planters…

My friend Cheryl and I had each heard about hypertufa container projects and been fascinated, but both had put it off for years as a ‘someday’ project.  This would change today! Here’s the story of our first try…  ~~ Sue

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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  • We make bird feeders just like those each year. It started out as a Mother's Day tradition (my sons each brought one home from school) and now it's a fun activity for any time.

    • Sue Langley says:

      How fun for kids to do this in school! I'm about to do some now that it's turned so cold.

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