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Learn how to properly plant and over-winter native tree seeds for germination using cold stratification and preparation techniques.
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Garden brick ideas can be elegant, functional, and can make your landscape even more inviting and exciting. Use bricks for walkways and garden wall designs to make your space more inviting. Line planter beds to create a garden edge in areas that break up the greenness of everything. Bricks are an excellent way to make a long-lasting garden and carry a very low cost for upkeep. Brick offers a weatherproof style that lasts for years.
Discover design ideas with us.
Under weeds in the back yard, one homeowner discovered bricks and stones that were presumably worthless to him. Instead of tossing them away, he recycled them as brick pavers for a lovely patio. He had enough stones and bricks to build a brick patio area, a built-in fire pit, and pathways.
Create a basic brick garden edge fencing, retain wall, vertical garden, or “small brick wall garden” for the flower beds and offer a distinct barrier from the grass edge with two bricks or pavers laid flat and one upright.
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Make a brick border! This is a unique approach to organise bricks and add ornamental features to flower beds, surfaces, and walks.
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This is one method for separating seedlings in the garden using brick walkways. I’m not sure how useful it is unless you have a TON of extra bricks!
Brick paths have always struck me as unique. I suppose they have a certain charm. The image above is of a brick road put together by Home Depot, including a “How To” explanation on how to create it.
This is a basic landscaping plan, but it makes good use of brick pavers and stone in the garden. The bricks are being used to create a focal point rather than as a pathway. Often, distinct aesthetics may be achieved simply by lifting the plants or establishing different levels. Set things off with some stones!
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This is a variation on the “fencing” idea above. Stack several courses of bricks to make a mini stone wall fence or raised garden. This makes for a nice contrast. Make sure to overlap the bricks help them support each other.
By arranging bricks in a circular pattern larger than the pot, you may create a “stage” to emphasise a huge flower pot. Place pebble stones and little flower pots around the bigger one. Using salvaged bricks is one of the finest methods to get this appearance! Reclaimed bricks are a wonderful choice for making outside patios since they provide a sense of class, elegance, and a rustic atmosphere! Houzz has some wacky garden design ideas that will impress your neighbours! When you’re through, your home will be gleaming and more valuable than before!
Concrete bricks or blocks offer lots of uses in the garden and an opportunity to create interesting items… like a garden bed! Just add pillows for comfort and relax!
This sweet looking bench is screaming… sit down, relax, enjoy the view. Some bricks and boards or a nice slab of wood… and you have a beautiful garden bench. These bricks were stacked 3 times before they were happy with them!
You’ll have a great time grilling on your own backyard masterpiece. Make it one-of-a-kind and your own! Here’s a lot easier brick stove… To me, the degree of inventiveness displayed by people with their do-it-yourself projects is just unbelievable.
This man built his own brick stove for about $6, which would cost a hundred times that at a shop. The nicest aspect is that his stove is more appealing than many big-box models. It is a rewarding project that your entire family can work on together. Consider some of the foods you could prepare outside. This is a fantastic activity for getting your creative ideas flowing! [insert embedded content]
This project started because their front planter became a “litterbox” for the neighborhood cats. Great solution using brick!
This is a simple idea to mark or label plants in the garden. One thing for sure… the birds will not be plugging them out of the pot and flying off!
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Learn how to properly plant and over-winter native tree seeds for germination using cold stratification and preparation techniques.
Grow Early Goldenrod, Solidago juncea, a resilient herbaceous perennial with bright yellow flowers. This adaptable wildflower of the Asteraceae family withstands poor, dry soils and full sun, and with minimal maintenance, can fill spaces with its profusion of flowers and slen,der shrub-like appearance. Learn when and how to care for it and how to distinguish it from its cousins!
Judith shares her secrets on getting her roses ready for winter, including using netting and snow cover. Discover just how she gets her roses prepped with her useful tips and tricks – even with her knee braces!
Admire the delicate and graceful harebell wildflower with its deep bluish-purple flowers, native to North America and Europe, that are eaten raw, used to make dye, and believed to give witches the power of transformation. A perfect addition to the rock garden that grows through summer and fall, and pollinated by hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.
Prepare your garden for the changing weather in August! Learn about starting seeds like lettuce and carrots, dealing with pests, and caring for potatoes and pumpkins.
Lance-Leaved Figwort is a pollinator magnet providing a lot of nectar for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds! Read the Quick Growth Guide.
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