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Transform a picture frame into a lush wall planter with these step - by - whole step instruction . Make living garden art with your favorite Sempervivums .
This tutorial is from the book , Gardening on a Shoestring : 100 Fun Upcycled Garden Projectsby Alex Mitchell . If you love this , you may also enjoy16 Delightful DIY Succulent Projects .
©2016 Gardening on a Shoestring – Alex Mitchell
Gardening on a Shoestring
This project is from the bookGardening on a Shoestringwith permit from the publisher who also provide a copy of this book .
Contents
About the Book
I knew as soon as I started flipping through this book that I would love it . Creative and scotch gardeners of the world unite !
Gardening on a Shoestringby Alex Mitchell is filled with estimation for transforming daily items into unique living art and operable garden essentials with a twist .
You roll in the hay how I wrote aboutcreating my dream garden on a very low budget of just $ 100 per year ?
The same melodic theme is at play here .
It ’s not about being gimcrack or skimp . It ’s about make the most of what you have , repurposing and re - imagining , allow go of conformity , allowing yourself to toy , and coming up with unequaled and fabulous garden décor .
Succulents are quite expensive where I live but you could also utilize flowering yearbook or get into propagation for more plants .
Related : Gallery of door and Windows in the Garden
Create a Living Wall of Art—in a Frame
Sempervivums ( hens and chicks ) are a utter pick for this project . They are not only drought - patient of but have very shallow tooth root . Find a inflexible , old picture frame from a railway yard sale or parsimony workshop , grab a few supplying , and you ’re all set up .
Project Materials
Related:16 Creative Succulent Garden Ideas
Project Assembly
1 Cut your wood into 4 pieces to make a box that gibe onto the back of the underframe .
2 Glue the glasshouse shading onto the picture frame .
3 Stick the Sir Henry Joseph Wood on top of the shading material to make a box .
4 Drill drain hole in the bottom of the frame .
5 Mix moss and soil together and pelt into the chassis .
6 cutting plyboard to tally the back of the frame .
7 With scissors , cut crosses in the shading material .
8 Push in your plants .
Detailed Instructions
Care for Your Framed Succulents
Every duet of weeks , lay the frame flat and irrigate it . will to debilitate for half an hour or so before hanging it up again .
Get the Book
Gardening on a Shoestring100 Fun Upcycled Garden Projects
by Alex Mitchell
grow a pretty garden does n’t have to cost a pretty cent – take how to create a low - price garden using a piddling elbow grunge , a spate of creative thinking , and this book .
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