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Meeting Debbie McMurry

Regularly, we tour a garden belonging to one of the very involved, and talented members of Flea Market Gardening.  These folks are inspirational and talented…

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How to build a vintage style potting bench

From salvage to sensational! Cottage style is comfortable and often decorative, but to be truly in-character, the best pieces are fun and functional. When Kirk…

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Contest drawing: SUPER-Inspirational SUNDAY this Sunday!

Football not your cup of tea?  Will you be online while the footballers enjoy their game?  Well, here's something fun to do on Sunday, February…

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Flea Market containers: If It Will Hold Dirt…

Adding unexpected containers to your Flea Market Garden Junk recycling reaches new heights when creating art and creative containers for the garden. Just as we…

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Garden orbs and gazing balls in the garden

Our favorite garden art,...anything spherical! The first records of gazing globes show that they were hand made by Venetian artisans who crafted them out of mouth-blown glass. In…

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Do you know what Whimsies are?

Mary Mirabal’s marvelous whimsies What are whimsies? They are truly art pieces and, in a sense, jewelry  for your garden. A true Flea Market gardener,…

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Can there be too many home and garden ideas?”

A Flea Market Gardening opinion How do you save garden ideas?  Do you? I keep a computer file of ideas like many do, but sometimes…

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A Greenhouse from Old Windows: Elegant Ideas of Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe

Garden greenhouse tour to Sweden! Resarö, Sweden — North winds blow hard from the Baltic Sea and buffet against the willow fence around Tyra Lindhe’s…

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Aging pots and metal in the garden

Aging things to make them look old can give your garden an antique and timeless look that many gardeners crave. Here are some things to…

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Blue Bottle Trees in a Flea Market garden

Recycling at its most colorful! Recycling is one of the many ways gardeners care for the environment and every once in a while, turns out…

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Winter’s rest is spring’s promise

Winter garden dreaming "All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into…

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Winter sowing wizards

Seeds planted and protected with recycled plastics ... Winter sowing is one of those revolutionary ideas that can change a gardener’s world forever, especially if…

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Junk garden shopping at The Barn

Flea Market Gardening has gone 'On the Road!'  Come with us for a trip to a true treasure-filled junk yard in California Country. On the…

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In a garden of rusty delights …

Appreciating rust in the garden Rust is an accidental kind of beauty. You don’t usually set out to make it … it just happens. Top…

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Steller’s jay means cold weather in California

At Flea Market Gardening, we love birds! In our albums we have collected, there are many photos of the ones in our backyards, from humble…

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How to: Creating a Flea Market fairy garden

Create your own DIY fairy garden What fairy could resist settling onto a cozy bench, next to a tiny house surrounded by tiny flowers?  Create…

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December deer

Deer me... Do you have problems with deer in your garden?  On our Flea Market Gardening page on Facebook, when I asked for a caption…

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Winter garden books … share your favorites

Winter is somehow perfect for celebrating (and curling up with)  great garden books. Here are three classics and, if you'd like, tell us your picks…

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Meeting Sue Gerdes

Meet Sue Gerdes “I love to learn and am addicted to.. every type of ART out there, making 'thrown-out' treasures funky and functional again.” it…

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We love rock, stone and gravel in the garden!

Love on the rocks … decorating the garden with stones Ages old, weathered by Father Time … … as beautiful as Mother Earth herself ……

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