Want to explore home gardens and grab ideas? I’ve got tours, galleries, tips, and ideas for getting creative, crafty, and organized in both your home and garden. I garden organically and we live debt-free so everything is frugal and usually repurposed or recycled.
Dig in!
Ideas for the Home & Garden
I collect ideas wherever I go and attend a lot of garden tours where real-life gardeners like you and me do wonderful things on modest budgets. You can see many of these gardens in the Idea Galleries by Topic section.
If you want garden how-tos see Grow and DIY project instructions are in Make.
Topics
1 Idea Lists | Creative and quirky collections.
2 DIY Project Videos | Watch how it’s done.
3 Idea Galleries by Topic | It’s a creative rabbit hole!
4 Get Organized | For those who need order to get crafty.
5 Creative Ebooks | Instant downloads
1 Idea Lists
- Home & Garden Ideas | Explore everything!
- Idea Galleries | Photo galleries filled with ideas
- Garden Hacks | Using household items
- Money-Saving | Improvements without spending
- Problem-Solvers | Using household items
2 DIY Project Videos
3 Idea Galleries by Topic
- Arbor, Trellis, & Obelisk Ideas
- Backyard Pond Ideas
- Back & Knee-Friendly Garden Ideas | So you can continue gardening
- Bed Frame Flower Bed | Repurposing idea
- Bird Bath Planters
- Birdhouse Gallery of Ideas
- Burlap | Creative and functional ideas
- Chairs in the Garden
- Clay Pot Ideas | What to create with those terracotta pots
- Clematis Trellis | How to choose the right supports
- Colour Ideas for the Garden
- Doors and Windows in the Garden
- Fence Garden Art Ideas
- Fences: How to Make Fences Taller
- Hide Chainlink Fence | Brilliant disguises
- Faux Windows | For a fence
- Fish Pond Ideas | Building tips, creative ideas, fish care, clean water tips
- Flower Container Ideas and More Flower Planter Ideas and More Container Ideas and More Creative Containers and Container Ideas
- Garden Art Easels
- Garden Art that Shows Your Personality
- Garden Balls and Globes
- Garden Gate Ideas
- Garden Myths | Exploring popular, misleading garden advice
- Garden Profiles | Interviews with garden friends around the world
- Garden Shed Ideas
- Garden Signs and Words in the Garden Gallery
- Home garden tours
- Idea Bank | Look up what you have and see what you can make
- Kitchen Garden Art
- Ladders | Ways to use old ladders in the garden
- Metal Garden Art Ideas
- Metal Garden Flowers
- Mirrors in the Garden Ideas
- Obelisk Ideas
- Outdoor Seating Area Ideas
- Potting Bench Gallery
- Privacy Fence Ideas
- Recycled DIY Idea Bank
- Rusty Garden Art
- Simple Garden Art Ideas | So easy yet beautiful
- Stepping Stone and Garden Path Ideas
- Strawberry Containers | Think outside the shoe
- Stop Solicitors | Signs to prevent unwanted knocks
- Sunflowers | Gifts for sunflower fans
- Succulent Garden Ideas
- Tipsy Pots
- Tool Art Ideas
- Veggie Garden Design Ideas
- Watering Can Garden Art Ideas
- Winter Garden Art Ideas
- Wildlife | All the wild things in the garden
- How to Watch Live Bird Cams | Armchair birding at its best!
- Wheels in the Garden
- A video tour of Canada’s first Elevated Park in St. Thomas, Ontario
4 Get Organized
- Garden Organization Tips | Take the stress out of gardening.
- Home Organization Tips | Declutter, organize, breathe.
- Decluttering | Let it go, let it go!
- The Lifechanging Magic | …of getting your home in order.
Health
- How I Learned to Run at Middle Age | And you can too.
- How to Give Up Sugar | And feel a whole lot better.
You can also browse everything by sub-topics here.
5 Creative Ebooks
If you prefer to work offline, these ebooks download instantly and can be printed or read on any device.
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~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛
