How To Make A Recycled Tin Can Owl

Looking for a fun and unique way to add style and ambiance to a walkway or patio area? These solar-powered painted concrete mushroom lights were very simple to create and offer a whimsical alternative to basic walkway lights. Store-bought solar powered walkway lights are susceptible to cracking and breaking but with a few inexpensive supplies, I created sturdy and unique lights that won’t break or succumb to the elements.

Monarch butterflies perform one of the most mind-bending feats in the animal kingdom. Weighing just half a gram, they fly on wafer-thin wings through cities and across interstates, migrating up to 2,800 miles from Canada and the United States to their wintering grounds in the forests of Mexico.

In container gardening, one of the biggest challenges lies in finding the right growing medium for the plants that you wish to grow. Most gardeners will source the potting mix they use from a store.

It takes more than pretty plants and a shovel to create a beautiful and thriving garden. Experienced gardeners rely on the Hardiness Zone plant information established by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). It is designed to identify which plants are most likely to thrive in a specific geographic area. The zones are determined by average annual winter temperatures across the country and broken into 10-degree increments. It is then further divided into 5-degree a and b designations.

The BC Home + Garden Show is back in full bloom with expert advice on building, gardening and whipping up tasty dishes in the kitchen. Also on hand will be vendors showcasing renovation products and the latest innovations.

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It’s been a long journey and a learning lesson from the first pallet to the last. My pallet shed is finally complete and I am very pleased how it turned out. It's still one of my favorite pallet projects to date.

We often find bizarre phenomena taking place in our gardening journey that helps us outreach our knowledge and try out new techniques every day. Such are these Terrifying Pics Show What Happens When Fruits And Veggies Start Sprouting Early. Some rare and unique experiences, you must have a look at!

An uncle of mine used to make tin lanterns by hand and though these aren't as ornate as those, they are a pretty cute version on the cheap! So before you toss those empty cans in the bin, maybe take a gander at this little repurpose number! You can punch any design of your choice into an old can, place a light in it and you have a lantern! All you need is a couple cans, a drill, and a light, and you're in business!

When the wildfires descended on his Nova Scotia farm last month, Peter Sutherland wasn’t surprised. Drought conditions had turned the land and foliage in Shelburne County—normally lush in late May—to kindling. The fires were all that the locals were talking about for days, and the ashy smoke that billowed across the skies was soon followed by flames visible from Sutherland’s Wild Blueberry U-Pick in Clyde River, along the province’s southwestern tip, two and a half hours from the capital of Halifax. Yet he was still caught off guard when the message came: Evacuate immediately.

Planting Aspen Trees: Aspens are beautiful, medium-sized ornamental trees with smooth bark and slender leaves. Also known as quaking aspen, they prominently occur in highly elevated prairies and upland grasslands. Most commonly found in the USA and Canada, aspen trees fall in the likes of every gardener.

I don’t know about you, but there are days when I just want a houseplant that makes me feel like I’m the most talented gardener on the planet.Of course, I love the dramatic look of a fiddle-le