Tutorial - How to Make a DIY Herb Garden

Start with two salvaged screens that are the same size

Tutorial at The Sassy Sparrow Blog

"Each year we have a herb garden for our summer cooking and it is just about the most usefully wonderful thing we have ever done! Last year however we had it on our back steps and all the mangy cats that we have running around (we don’t know why they stick around, it must have something to do with the fact that we feed them. Ugh…) kept knocking them off the steps and breaking them. So this year something different was in order. Here’s a quick and easy (If you can run a driver) tutorial on our free standing herb garden".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Garden Planter

Planter makes it easy to weed and grow vegetables on your deck

Tutorial at Grandma's House DIY Blog

"I took an afternoon to build my wonderful mom a tall planter so she could have a vegetable garden on her deck. Gardens are known for endless hoeing and countless hours day in and day out bent over in back breaking work in the constant battle against weeds. Because we started with organic soil that we brought in we were already way ahead of any weeds or grasses that might try to take over our plants. (As opposed to tilling up a spot in our yard that would be chock full of thousands of different kinds of weeds and grass seeds) So far I can count on one hand the amount of minutes we’ve needed to weed this garden all year".... Read more