It’s getting to be that time when garden ideas are spreading. Summer is coming along fast!
Here are some of my favorite lifehack garden ideas from around the web:
Image and Idea by Kathy Miller
Kathy Miller designed a unique garden chair. It actually looks cozy! The potting chair, as Kathy calls it, was created for a charity event for the Evanston Community Development Corporation.
To make, use an old chair, glue moss to the padding of the seat, add ivy or your own decorations. Kathy suggests a tray on the seat to hold live plants in small pots; a small hanging garden from the arms and back. I like the tools she hangs useful tools off the chair.
Imagine growing some small herbs from the seat? Or a bonsai tree? How awesome! Cute and useful. Thanks Kathy for sharing the idea!
Garden Girl's Seed Warmer
Garden Girl recently posted about warming seeds before planting them. This may be a requirement to start a seed sprouting before placing into the ground.Her idea to put seeds in a container above the fridge or a computer is not only clever, but it appears to actually work very well. Excess heat from computers and other machines usually stay pretty consistent. Some gardeners buy a heat mat but this may be the lifehack method to warm seeds to sprout.
Thanks Garden Girl for the unique garden tip!
Botanicalls Unit
Another great little gadget I’ve recently discovered is the Botanicalls gadget, which sends a message to you via Twitter from your plant and the plant tells you when it’s too dry and needs water. I haven’t had a chance to examine this yet, but from what I’ve read, it’s a great little item that may help some brown thumbs to finally become green. (I may be needing this item.)
Have any gardening secrets you would like to share? Any garden lifehacks? Let me know! I’d be happy to share your idea and give you credit.
I love the chair! A neighbor of mine has an antique commode in their front yard. They plant flowers in the recepticle. Sounds a little tacky, but it really looks pretty cool. (much better than the bathtub with plastic geraniums a former neighbor had in their front yard, and probably better than a toilet used a planter – I’ve heard of that too.) Thanks for the link love Calissa!
Not all seeds need extra heat to start them, but a heat mat or other source of heat (like a computer tower or the top of the fridge,) is helpful for a lot of seeds including peppers. Not only does the extra heat help some seeds sprout, it also helps prevent damping off, a fungus that can kill newly-sprouted seedlings.
Welcome! One small garden in South Carolina had a country-style bedframe surrounding her flowers. A bed of flowers. It was amusing and a nice reuse!