Jeanie’s cagey plant hanger
How to make a bargain birdcage plant hanger What Jeanie did with an old birdcage, found at a yard sale. Spray paint, some soil and…
15 essentials for Flea Market outings
Flea Market Shopping tips! [caption id="attachment_1534" align="alignleft" width="300"] Friends together at the Flea market. What's better then this?[/caption] Saturday morning, Saturday morning,... time to head…
Thinking Drought Resistant… add your favorite plant
Get Ready For Summer! Here at Flea Market Gardening, the topic came up on gardening in hot dry weather typical of summer conditions in much…
Praying Mantis – Odd Garden Aliens
"From whence arrived the praying mantis? From outer space, or lost Atlantis? glimpse the grin, green metal mug at masks the pseudo-saintly bug, Orthopterous, also…
How to plant a rusty wheelbarrow for the garden
April-Finding a discarded old wheelbarrow After a trip over an old mine road near nowhere last April, Tractor Man and I stopped to follow this…
Petunias 101
Our favorite flowers for junk containers Petunias are a Flea Market Gardening standby for rusty or galvanized containers. Have you grown them? I haven't much…
Galvanized tomato garden for one
Simple, smart and easy...growing a SMALL vegetable garden Many people grow large vegetable gardens. I grow a small one that fits in five wash tubs. …
Tammy’s cottage garden of yesteryear
Quaint beauty in a Flea Market cottage garden Part of the beauty of Tammy Prouty's vintage garden is like stumbling on a wee bit of…
Skunked! How to ‘deskunk’ your dog
This is a bit off-topic from our usual Flea Market Gardening, but skunks are a reality in a country garden when you have dogs. I…
Gloves or no gloves? Hand care after gardening
Protecting a gardener's hands: Your advice... Sometimes a post on our Flea Market Gardening Facebook page just strikes a chord with everyone. This one did…
Marie’s Rust Garden
A Flea Market Garden "My Big Project" Building raised beds in the Flea Market way! In May, Marie and Randy Niemann, of Ogden, Utah, embarked…
Scarecrows visit DC on the 4th of July!
Scarecrows are a longtime feature in the garden and a popular creation for Flea Market Gardeners. On Flea Market Gardening Facebook page, we've devoted an…
50 Ideas for a Red, White and Blue garden!
Plant a Red, White and Blue Flower Garden Red, White and Blue are favorite colors for Flea Market Gardening fans! Here are the best of…
Jimmye's friendship boat
[caption id="attachment_1075" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Jimmye’s boat garden[/caption] Jimmye Lynn Dye-Porter’s boat garden started with a problem area on her property. She tells a little background,…
Becky’s big patio project
~~ A Flea Market Gardening ‘My Big Garden Project’~~ [caption id="attachment_936" align="alignleft" width="127"] Becky Norris[/caption] Becky Shaul Norris documented her patio project for us here…
Announcing: "Celebrate Spring!” Photo Contest
Flea Market Gardening "Celebrate Spring!” Photo Contest May 16th- Here are the winners! [caption id="attachment_983" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Deborah SmithFirst Place![/caption] [caption id="attachment_994" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Jeanne…
Annie’s galvanized tipsy pots
How to make a galvanized garden tipsy pot! Annie Grossart-Steen has 'upped the ante' with her galvanized 'tipsy pots' and has added water flowing from…
Getting galvanized…in the garden
Using galvanized containers in the garden Don't we love galvanized containers at Flea Market Gardening? I'd bet that every one of your gardens have at…
Why do I love junk?
Why do we love garden junk? On our Flea Market Gardening site, Wanda Bailey wonders WHY she buys the garden junk she buys? There have…
Volunteer dill peeks in window
How to grow dill Gardeners love well-behaved 'volunteers,' ...this one has downright personality! This dill seeded itself next to the potted mother plant, stashed there…