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 month… It’s a challenge!
Last year more than 60 FUN garden projects were done!
How to:
#1 Choose any project you’ve wanted to do.
#2 Decide to do it now and post your intentions here in a comment! (Your name and project will be added to this page.)
Then…. Two (2) Photos
#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
My last year’s project!
Sue Langley’s succulent chicken feeder. “This chicken feeder is three feet tall! I filled it with 6 empty recyclable 1-gallon containers to displace space and added soil to the brim. Then planted inside and all around the outside in the ground. The marauding turkeys ate the ones in the ground, but everything else has thrived over the last year! Fun!”
Who’s joining and what they’re doing:
(State your name and what your project is in a comment here, OR on our Facebook page. )
Tara Meeks Turn my bird feeder into a water fountain for my hummingbirds
Kandy Stamborski do something with all the crystal i have been stock piling. Glass totems, flowers
Barb Buckley Painted chair
Beth Knight Make a mosaic Terra cotta pot out of broken pottery pieces
Pamela Bailey Trellis for my roses using discarded bi-fold closet doors
Nancy Rhoads Tea kettle wind chimes/hanging planter
Diana Folsom Make a plant holder out of an old child’s car
Mariner Tutavaha Mosaic a female torso mannequin for the garden
Tina Sanchez My July project is to paint a dining table, chairs and a dresser
Deanna Parsons Flowers from dishes and a patio table from pallets
Jill Beniak Dress up my potting table
Elaine Laster Outdoor shower
Nell Steltzer Barnwood Bloom in memory of Jeanne Sammons
Tammy Sisler Flower pot fun
Karen Kleinberg Relocating some hosta plants and day lilies after losing 2 trees.
Donna Slack Working on a pond and getting beds ready for a garden tour
Caroline Minielly-Ullrich setting posts in concrete for a greenhouse made from old windows and doors
Hippie Golucky .Going to build a fence and arbor out of branches cut & saved from tree damage.
Margie Ann #1 make a 4th of July/patriotic vignette on and by my shed wall. #2 make a Cobalt blue glass garden totem #3 make a red glass garden totem.#4 make a couple glass garden flowers using glass plates/dishes.
Margaret Diggs Finishing the checken/gardening shed and decorating it.
Judy Enzmann Painting my own bottles for garden color.
Deborah Parks This blue glass garden sculpture
Recycled by Skattur Fairy garden with a large swan planter
Mary Callaghan window project
Sue Jordan Fairy pot houses
Deborah Malouf Recycled brick walkway project
Kim Trudo Old hardware thingy for the garden
Debbie Preston Old wheelbarrow redo
Stephie McCarthy Red, white and blue calico bunting
Tina Sanchez My July project is to paint a dining table, chairs and a dresser
Deanna Parsons Flowers from dishes and a patio table from pallets
Jamie Peterson Vintage garden bike
Debbie O. Old ladder sign
Laurie Wehr A bench from a headboard/footboar
Donna F Wheeler A succulent garden using antique cinder blocks salvaged from a demolished house
Betty Lubbert Let’s Take a Bike Ride….Plant my three wheel rusty bike. Looking for a basket for the front
Betty Lubbert “Are you my Type”. Plant succulent garden in the vintage typewriter that was used by my children’s great aunt Elinor
Jane Rush A garden angel. Glass or wood and metal
Julia Dickey Make 2 stools using tractor seats that my sister gave me
Terry Barnhart I am collecting for a dinosaur “fairy” garden. And a small fountain.
Winona Spinks Create a glass totem. I’ve been collecting crystal & glass lamp parts
Mary Drees-Wentz Making some solar lights out of recycled glass light globes.
Stephie McCarthy Red, white and blue calico bunting
Donna Howard I am going to redo a bird cage with paint, candles, and fairy lights for my porch.
Rebecca Judd I will be planting succulents in an old crusty can
Natalie McPherson I’m going to build a fountain using an old galvanized wash tub and a hand pump.
Susan Kauffman I am making metal signs with garden quotes on them
Sydney Minor Hideous side yard redo
Mary Sue Hale New vignette in my butterfly garden
Michelle Roznowski Succulent tea table
Canan Oguz-Brown Water garden with a little fountain
Nancy Austin Finish my family stepping stones project
Glenda Callahan My project is a deck for our new pool, then I can put out all my junkin’ goodies.
Janice W Kannard Garden ladder plant stand
Penny Piatt Wreath heads
Becky Norris Patio table mosaic with stained glass and mirror
Connie Macy I’m going to make a farm yard garden w a barn and silo in an old wheel barrow
Linda Heyden I’m shopping yard sales to find a bicycle I can paint and put in the garden with a basket of flowers.
Julie Stava Garden wheelbarrow with succulents
Constance Ann McAlpin #1 Garden flower. #2 Repaint a garden cart. #3 another little addition to the garden pathways.
Roberta Luke Add character to a small garden shed
Joan Heffley Puppy proof flower bed using an old wash tub
Joan Heffley #2 project-my first ever totem that is puppy proof
Terry Roscoe Garden angel project.
Linda Born Redoing a miniature garden
Annette Olson Garden totems with grandkid’s names
Tammy Make an upright pallet planter for the grandkids
Barb Cyphert Make a hanging, solar, pouring pitcher
Deb Newton Solar globe for my garden
April Ritter Making a sidewalk sign out of a baby crib.
Vicki Mosaic a bowling ball
Carol Make a bottle tree with a 4 x 4 post and bolts
Sharon Malenke My project is my garden shed. Painting the inside and decorate it
Cindy Schroeder Make a tipsy garden using blue graniteware and mosaic a wheel rim and plant and circus truck planted with succulents
April Walker Transform an old worn out boring deck
Tenaya Lord planting the bed and making the front on to a water feature for a mid fifties Willies Jeep
Lavonne Engbrecht Paint a bicycle and add baskets for flowers for my garden
Pamela jacobs create an outdoor outdoor seating area around a fire pit
Donna Allgaier-Lamberti My project is to grow a colorful garden in our old rusty woodstove
Kimberly Williams Plant a garden herb garden and hanging chandelier solar lights
Brenda H. Garden art mushrooms
Kim Renovating my garden shed with old magazines and paint.
Sue Norton Edge the walk to my garden shed with sand, rocks and rusty gears
Karen Kleinberg Relocating some hosta plants and day lilies after losing 2 trees.
Donna Slack Working on a pond and getting beds ready for a garden tour
Caroline Minielly-Ullrich setting posts in concrete for a greenhouse made from old windows and doors
Hippie Golucky Going to build a fence and arbor out of branches cut & saved from tree damage.
Margie Ann #1 make a 4th of July/patriotic vignette on and by my shed wall. #2 make a Cobalt blue glass garden totem #3 make a red glass garden totem.#4 make a couple glass garden flowers using glass plates/dishes.
Margaret Diggs Finishing the checken/gardening shed and decorating it.
Judy Enzmann Painting my own bottles for garden color.
Deborah Parks This blue glass garden sculpture
Recycled by Skattur Fairy garden with a large swan planter
Mary Callaghan window project
Susan Latzke Using a old fan blade to make a flower
Debbie Newton Solar globe from broken ceiling fan
Deanna Parsons Flowers from dishes and a patio table from pallets
Diane Wolcott Pallet privacy screen
Jill Cooper Decorated posts
Jessie Sam My July Project challenge- # 1-Paint my iron chair in the front yellow. 2. Build a scene for an entertainment center. Paint my old radio, used pallets to build a flat form to put old swing on and plant flowers around it. Paint my shed to make a cottage look. #3 Paint and old door for a vignette. #4 Finishing putting down mulch. Transporting roses to the front bed. Making a sign.
Linda Gladman July Project Challenge #1 – Backyard eyesore area cleaned up.#2 – Water globe tree
Cissy O’Shea Turning an old little wood trunk into a bathroom cabinet
Debbie Preston My July project challenge…Plant an old wheelbarrow to add to my junky garden spot.
Tina Sanchez My July project is to paint a dining table, chairs and a dresser
Vadarae Gohlke We’ll be replanting garden
Monica Kulesa Ornate metal piece recycle
Roxanne Austin Working on a dish garden in my garden cart
52 Comments
Donna Allgaier-Lamberti (SW Michigan) My project is to grow a colorful garden in our old rusty woodstove.
Awesome,…you’re in!
My July project is to create an outdoor outdoor seating area around a fire pit.
OK,…sounds great!
Paint a bicycle and add baskets for flowers for my garden.
Wonderful….don’t forget to check our photo album on garden bicycles if you run out of ideas!
I have a mid fifties Willies Jeep I’m planning on planting the bed and making the front on to a water feature
Wow!
Wow, is right. Can’t wait to see this one, Tenaya!
Wow, my husband’s Gator is about to die! What a neat, neat idea as I have memories of him & pics of him towing my grand daughter’s toy jeep around the yard when the battery was dead, I have pics of him checking cattle with his dog, riding shotgun. What a fun project.
My July project is to transform an old worn out boring deck into a colorful but peaceful seating area with chairs, table and a painted deck “rug” as well as hanging baskets and potted flowers. I also hope to find a “bar cart” at a garage sale to paint and use for drinks and entertaining.
My July projects are to make a tipsy garden using blue graniteware and mosaic a wheel rim and plant.
I forgot to add my other July project challenge, a circus truck planted with succulents.
Cindy, great! I’ll add this!
Sharon Malenke, My project is my garden shed. Painting the inside and decorate it
My project is to make a bottle tree with a 4 x 4 post and bolts I bought last year!
Carol
You’re in, Carol…fantastic!
My July project is to mosaic a bowling ball.
I just love these,…so unique! You’re in!
I am making a sidewalk sign out of a baby crib.
This will be so clever, I bet! You’re in!
I’m going to make a solar globe for my garden
Sounds like it will be very pretty! Gotcha down!
I am going to make a hanging, solar, pouring pitcher. I love to repurpose glassware and I have seen these pitchers that look like they are pouring out fairy lights!
OK, Barb! We have you down for this! Fun!
My July project is to make an upright pallet planter for the grandkids (and maybe one for me).
Very cool! You’re in!
My July Project is to bed the walk to my garden shed with sand, rocks and rusty gears..
OK, great, Sue You’re in!
So many diff.ideas .can’t wait to see all of them finished…?
I am also renovating my garden shed with old magazines and paint.
Perfect! Can’t wait to see!
My challenge project is garden art mushrooms. I have at least 3 different sizes to make.
Awesome, Brenda,…you’re in!
My July challenge is an old ladder sign. Kinda hard to describe and the idea is loose, it will be one of those projects that develops as I go!
OK, Debbie,…gotcha down for this!
Kimberly plant a garden herb garden and hanging chandelier solar lights
Awesome,…OK, Kimberly!
I am painting and redoing my daughter’s childhood playhouse to make it a boho She Shed for us and her friends to hang out in.
I plan to paint an old desk, yellow, then put an antique typewriter on it and put potting soil on the typewriter keys, plant small plant around keys, and plant flowers in drawer of desk. Maybe add painted bricks that look like books.
July Project Challenge
I am going to make a Barnwood Bloom in remembrance of FMG’s Jeanne Sammons.
OK, great, Nell!
My July Challenge was to take left over materials, including a door, from my house remodel and re-purpose them into a beverage center to hold my mini fridge.
July Project Challenge #2 was to dress up my potting table using an old window, again, left over from my house remodel.
OK, I have you down for this, Jill.
My july project is for my husband to install an outdoor shower. I’m am the runner and the supervisor.
OK, fine, Elaine,…I have your photo, too.
to do something with all the crystal i have been stock piling. Glass totems, flowers, etc
OK, I have you down for this!
My July Challenge is to turn my bird feeder into a water fountain for my hummingbirds to enjoy. I ordered. The parts this morning! They should be here Monday!
OK,…got it!