Our Yard Junk!

April 4th, 2010 in member junk

wahoolb, member

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One of my 3 yr olds Butterfly Gardens. We used old dryer drums that were being scrapped. They hold a lot of clothes & a lot of dirt!

Sinks we decided not to use for our masterbath that I had bought a year ago at a Habit for Humanity Resale store got a new life this weekend.

My 5 yr old son wanted a Transportation Garden, so thanks to my Father In Laws plenty of used tires, we made him happy! Hope to get some of his beat up dump trucks to add to this, maybe! They would make great planters.

One of my 3 yr olds Butterfly Gardens. We used old dryer drums that were being scrapped. They hold a lot of clothes & a lot of dirt!

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New member & first time posting! Kids & I wanted to start planting around the yard. All we have is sand in our parts so containers are a must. New ones are so $$$, so we went through the house & my father in laws junk pile and came up with these. Tires are nothing new, my son didn't want us to turn them inside out & cut them to look like flowers, he wanted a transportation garden, so he wanted the tires just as they are! I am soon going to have an old cast iron tub to turn into a veggie garden & putting together a scrapped cabinet & lattice to make a much needed potting area. We are having fun!

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Junk_Newbie writes: Welcome to the site! Very creative use of your junk! Looks great!
Heather Posted: 1:29 pm on April 9th

Prior writes: great reuse... It will just get prettier and prettier as the flowers grow! Lezlee Posted: 9:01 pm on April 7th

ninnarae writes: Those dryer drums are amazing- great re-use project! Posted: 10:58 am on April 6th

Christina_S writes: Welcome! I really like your solution with the dryer drum, it makes a great raised bed! I look forward to your future posts :) Posted: 6:42 pm on April 5th

oldnews writes: I love the use of the dryer drum as a planter! Who knew they would be so cool looking? I'm going to keep my eyes out for one! Thanks for sharing!! Marie Posted: 4:05 pm on April 5th

RustyDiva writes: Great container ideas. You've shown that just because the soils not right in the yard doesn't mean you can't have flowers and plants. Posted: 10:35 am on April 5th

wahoolb writes: Thank you! Kids are very proud of their gardens & I am glad we got to reuse stuff. One of the "Transportation" gardens has a new resident, a black snake has made himself at home under it. He can stay & keep the rodents away.
My husband is proud of the dryer drums, he has wanted to do that for years! Posted: 7:39 am on April 5th

alicemom writes: Excellent first post! Welcome to JMS. There a lot of nice people here! I think your transportation garden looks fab! I love the dryer drum andsink!
kudos.
smiles, alice Posted: 11:24 am on April 4th