Explore the World of Garden Art
World of garden art is just an extension of your home décor and can be organized in a lot more fun way than you can imagine. Many garden stores have a range of garden accessories to choose from-sculptures, bird houses wind chimes are only few you can name. And the best thing is that you can always pick you own garden art which reflects your own taste and personality.
Let’s check out some of the simplest stuff that you considered junk but could be surprisingly turned into one of the wackiest garden art you ever thought-
Bathtub-
You must have always wondered what how to get rid of your old bath tub. It’s simple, you can turn it into a wonderful planter and plant all you favorite flowers in it. Also you can turn your sink into a cute little planter by hanging it in your patio.
Bottles-
Try hanging out all your colorful wine bottles from the tree which make a sweet chiming sound in wind.
Broken Dishes-
Don’t worry if you’ve broken your favorite set of china dishes because you can always put them together to convert them into a mosaic stone or table top.
Kids garden crafts-
Gardening can prove to be whole lot of inspiration for your kids as it just adds up to that creative streak in them and make turn them into nature lovers.
Sculptures-
Our modern garden experts are trying out sensational ideas in transforming our gardens into a new living room which is more than just a place to share a cup of tea. It can be turned into your very own outdoor art gallery where you can keep unique sculptures of Buddha, gnomes, flower fairies, angelic cherubs, fountains and a lot more.
Since it the holiday season so how about keeping with the flavor of the season and putting up some a wonderful Santa Claus statue with reindeer or the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus.
Bird feeders-
Planting some exciting bird feeders is another engaging way to turn your garden into a place of attraction. From simple stylish hanging gazebo bird feeders to shimmering swirls of copper bird feeder the choice before you is endless.
The world of garden art could also be explored using some interesting garden themes using your favorite garden accessories. Garden themes can be seasonal or based on the plants or animals one loves. It can also be based on colors, for instance growing plants of alternating shades. Depending on your taste you can also choose a garden that comes alive at a certain time of the day fro instance evening gardens could be created by using highlighting features with strategic lighting, fragrance and tinkling sound of water against the evening sky.
So explore these killer garden art ideas to make your garden one of your favorite places to hang out with your buddies, and wait till it gets on the A-list of hotspots to host that next big bash!
Louis Wright FCS
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Hot Hot chillies! What to do?
- This year I decided to explore the world of gardening and the result was five mini chili plants.
- But now I am left with at least 100 chillies, all in various stages of green to red and dried…
Now I like hot chillies, but these are HOT chillies… And my family is not as chilli-lovin as me!
I can’t eat them all myself, and I don’t want to throw them away.
Any suggestions or unique and creative ideas for cooking or storing?
Please help, I’ve been sneaking them into shepherd’s pie when no-one’s looking!
Posted by: lime | October 30th, 2009 09:47
freeze them and dry them and they’ll last for ageesss
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Posted by: blonde geek | October 30th, 2009 14:49
donate them to a catholic church with alot of Mexican people.
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Posted by: Andi, HR Specialist | October 30th, 2009 14:51
Most of the heat is in the seeds.
I love peppers in my cornbread. I often make a cheesy one with them.
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Posted by: shockman | October 30th, 2009 14:53
Put em on freecycle.. Or donate them to local food pantry
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Posted by: scullycj | October 30th, 2009 14:55
I think you could can them with oil somehow. If that does work, the oil would soak up some of the flavor too, and you could use that to cook or make a dressing for your own salad.
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Posted by: Liz J | October 30th, 2009 14:57
You have made me so envious as i am hot chilli lover like you.
Your garden must have been so beautiful & colorful when all those chillis were maturing.
There are lots of stuff you can do with your bounty.
Freezing: Don’t rinse them just put them in heavy duty zip lock bags and throw them in the freezer as is. You may rinse them before use.
Chilli powders: Dry your chillis thouroughly then grind them to powder. You can add salt or other dried flavorings in the grinding process.
Chilli oils: Get some decorative bottles and fill part way with OVEN dried chillis (the oven is necessary to kill all bacteria that could flourish in the oil medium) then fill the bottle with a nice oil like extra virgin olive oil. Balance the amount of chillis to oil so the solution is flavorful rather than just hot.
Chilli vinegars: Same thing as the oils but with vinegars instead. This time pack the bottles with the chillis and add interesting vinegars like champagne, sherry, white wine, etc… and add garlic cloves, rosemary, cilantro, thyme; anything you can think of. Oven dry the herbs for this as well.
Dried chilli ropes & wreaths: Mix and mach all those gorgeous chillis you harvested and form them into hanging ropes or fashion them into wreaths. Add all kinds of different dried flowers, herbs, pods, leaves, etc… to the wreaths. Finish them with raffia, ribbon, twine or anything else you can think of.
You can get most of your holiday gifts taken care of by giving your oils, vinegars, powders, ropes & wreaths as gifts. I love a handmade gift more than anything.
Lucky you to have all this great stuff to work with. Have fun and enjoy!
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Posted by: irisheyes | October 30th, 2009 14:59