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Easy fairy gardens anyone can do!

Make a Fairy Garden, simply and quickly... Attracting fairies to your garden is an EASY task, when you create a fairy garden using some of…

How to: Easy project ideas, Miniature and Fairy garden ideas
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What to do with recycled dishes and china in the garden?

Dish it in the garden... Here, see nine new ideas for DIY craft projects using china, glass plates and dishes. Birdbaths, garden art and collections…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Glass
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Becky’s marvelous mosaic garden

Create a garden in mosaic Beautiful garden art pieces are traditionally made of mosaic and ceramic tiles.  Nowadays, by using broken china, art glass, glass…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Glass
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Make a Flea Market bird house post

Birdhouse Post Design Ideas Once you have a birdhouse or two or three, how do you best to hang them in your garden?  Both the…

Garden Junk, Nature
 8

Terrific turbine transformations,..for the garden!

Turbines or turbans? Turban shaped turbines...either one is great in the garden, used as decoration or to actually continue spinning in the wind.  Used for…

Collections, Garden Art ideas, Garden Junk
 8

Make a garden planter from a mailbox!

Gardening Fun – Recycle a mailbox! You might have heard of a mailbox planter, but have you seen a mailbox that is a planter?  When…

Creative Containers, Garden Junk fun!
 4

Pumpkin totems, stacks and towers

We're pumpkin crazy! And pumpkin elegant, too.  Simply going vertical changes the 'pumpkin game' completely!  Since these orange squash are our favorite items of Halloween…

Creative Containers, Garden Junk fun!
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Have you ever baked a pumpkin?

Here’s a good reason to do so: Why wait for a holiday?  Get a pumpkin as soon as possible if you haven't grown one this…

Edibles and Recipes
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Favorite book: Handmade Garden Projects

Handmade garden projects is what we do here at Flea Market Gardening, so I was glad to discover this book, Handmade Garden Projects, written by Lorene…

Favorite books, Garden Junk
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Visit ‘Little Shop Antiques’ in Autumn

Let' go shopping! Is Autumn a favorite season for you?  If so, you’ll love visiting Laura Goines's Little Shop Antiques in Fall,…she loves Halloween, too!…

Garden Junk
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Turn your Flea Market clutter into a collection!

Do you wonder if it's a collection or clutter? Everyone has garden clutter,…and we here at Flea Market Gardening have lots and lots of garden…

Collections, Garden Junk
 6

Apple and Green Tomato Pie from Renee’s Seeds

A unique recipe worth sharing!  This memorably delicious pie is a hands-down winner - not too sweet, but with real texture and body. You'll find…

Edibles and Recipes
 1

‘Colors of Fall’ Photo Contest!

Here are the winners! Congratulations to all Winners and Honorable Mentions! [caption id="attachment_12270" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Joan Schumacher 1st Place[/caption] Joan Schumacher  1st Place and winner…

Garden Junk fun!
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Dressers and drawers in the Flea Market garden

Five fun projects! These creative gardeners' projects all make use of recycled drawers, dressers or boxes. They were designed for the garden for our July…

Creative Containers, Garden Junk
 4

Diana’s clever ideas with Flea Market finds

Junk garden ideas from Diana Daily include water features, a grain bin gazebo, uses for rusty rims, a barn quilt and much much more! Jeanie…

Garden Junk, Garden Vignettes
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Kirk’s bird house trellis

~~ A Flea Market Gardening ‘My Big Garden Project’~~ A Birdhouse Trellis with Flea Market Style A trellis for the birds!  Kirk Willis was winging…

Garden Junk, My Big Garden Project
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Grow a Flea Market party garden

Gardens Built for Parties... For a truly standout garden party, a little thought about decoration and atmosphere goes a long way!   Barb Brashier and…

Garden Junk, Garden Junk fun!
 3

Glossy garden art using bowling balls

In the Garden: Making Gazing Balls... Discarded bowling balls don't look the same to us anymore.  All we see is their potential,...what color you like…

Garden Art ideas, Garden Junk
 4

Why we love old-fashioned zinnias

We love zinnias!  They add a wonderful splash of color throughout the garden and are easy to grow from seed. Learn how to grow them…

Garden Color, Plant profiles
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Winsome window mosaics, for the garden

14 Interesting Ways To Use Old Windows One of the most common Flea Market or yard sale finds is an old window. They can be…

How to: Easy project ideas, Old doors and windows
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