One of the most frustrating parts of vegetable gardening is the mess that your hose can make when it is dragged over the vegetables. All you need is one that has a basket on the front or back (or both!) that can be filled with soil and planted. Wooden spoons painted a bright red color and then painted with names of various herbs make it easy to tell my herb plants apart now.īicycles have long been used as garden decor ideas. The cost was just $40! Click though to find out what kept the cost so low for us. And check out more musical planters in this post.ĭo you have a few hours and some recycled wood? In just two hours, my husband and I made two of these easy raised garden beds. Some spray paint and a bit of time and I turned them into these fun and whimsical musical planters. My husband came home one day with some old, worn out musical instruments and proudly offered them to me for one of my creative landscaping ideas. See another project using large terracotta pots for a Christmas jingle bell. Old terra cotta pots have been painted in bright colors with craft paint and strung on cord at various levels to make a wind chime effect. Keep the soil in your other pots from washing out by using pieces of the broken pot to cover the drainage hole. See the tutorial here.Įven though terra cotta pots will break, you can actually use the pieces. It took a few hours but I save mega bucks with this project. Instead, I recycled an old galvanized bucket by cutting a hole in the back and threading the hose through it from the pipe. I hated always having my hose on the lawn getting in the way of everything but didn’t want to pay over $100 for a hose pot. This is one of my favorite creative ideas for gardening. See the step by step project here.Īnd check out this post for more birdcage planter ideas. I would love to try any and all of them out in my garden.Īn old white bird cage has been transformed into a succulent planter in just a few steps. If you love garden ideas on a budget, check out these creative ideas. Thinking Outside the Box with These Creative Gardening Ideas This makes this type a gardening a win win project! One benefit of junk gardening is that it is a small step that we can take to protect the environment at home by recycling.