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Cartoon character window planter boxes
🖼️ The project: I like planting in window boxes, but in Australia we don’t put them in front of our external windows. Brickwork damage. Hence a receptacle for a plastic window box container. Also, another for pot plants. - Materials: Scrap wood screws and paints. - Tools: Jig saw, and paint brushes. The painting took…
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Pot plant pram for young girl
Wheels spin on the end if the dowel. Don’t want the press fir to spin the dowel incase it catches long hair. A UV stabilised marker can be used for the fine lines. I used a router to cut out round wheels. Wheels can also be purchased at Bunnings. Made it to look dog like, the dog being Snoopy. Materials Mdf, 16mm dowel.…
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Top Cat colourful planter
The cats are hiding from Office Dibble.Top Cat and the gang as planters. If outside, leave the bottom open so the water doesn’t go on the wood. If inside, a saucer to catch the water, lift the plants out to water and drain. Materials MDF, screws 8g 40mm, paints and thin brushes. Tools Steps Step 1 Draw the faces in on…
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Wooden wheelbarrow planters
after this lot, time to have a rest.
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Bluey Dog planter and toy shelf as gifts
Cartoon Series Bluey, aiming at people who may not have built too many things before. The house bricks are used to do the floor first. The paint containers are handy as well. Sash clamps are good if just gluing. Next, a higher brick for each side one at the time. A single screw at each end at the top. To get the side…
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Dovecote and wheelbarrow using floorboards
Dovecote and a wooden wheelbarrow.I’m no longer able to lift pallets into the car. Hence I’ve found an alternative, floorboards with the tongue and grooves. Moving onto decking timber for longer lasting wood. Steps Step 1 A sliding saw that can lock in the tilt and the miter angle, with a g clamp s a stopper. also a…
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Standup gardening and avoiding potting mix dust with Bunnings items
I can't bend over easily nor can I use potting mix, so switched to coir seed raising mix to grow seedlings. . Fox gloves grown in buckets to avoid the nursery pot tax. Materials https://www.bunnings.com.au/peats-25l-cow-manure_p3014220 https://www.bunnings.com.au/brunnings-30l-coir-seed-raising-mix_p0274284 Tools…
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Mothers Day Chrysanthemum
Materials Mothers day Chrysanthemum our daughter gave her mother was kept and grown hydroponically. The amaranthus was grown, it grew so well, it blocked the foot path. Hence, cut them back and made a modern cascade flower arrangement. We're off to Bunnings to get some more mothers day Chrysanthemums for more flower…
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Hydroponics system using a solar fountain pump
A solar fountain pump used to power a hydroponics system with irrigation tubes over scoria. The project I wanted to build a hydroponics system using a solar fountain pump and scoria. The stock is a branching type (marketed under the Austral name.) I've picked the picture of the stock (above) to show how good this system is…
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A use for two hanging baskets - growing Ceropagia amplita
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Hydroponics system using a solar fountain pump and scoria
The stock is a branching type, (Marketed under the "Austral" Stock name.) I've picked the picture of the stock to show how good this system is for growing plants. Won the champion pot plant in show with the branching stock. These tubs are solid. I like to buy the packets for scroia, the sand and metal shops don't seem to…
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Tree branch decorative wheelbarrow
Tree branch wheelbarrow revisited. Some more tips on construction. Select branches 50-60mm diameter. that are around 1 metre long. Materials Five bolts 300mm long. Some long fasteners for the wheel. Tools Steps Step 1 Looking at a previous tree branch wheel barrow, the front was too shallow to take potted colour. Here…
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Home-made plant trainer
Purchased two Ceropegia simoneae’s last year, I’m sure it was from Bunnings. Gave one to my daughter. Daughter has it growing really well inside her house. Thought this Ceropegia ampliata that I have looked good growing on a loop. So, decided to make a loop. Had some wire mesh that was being used for sweet peas. A length…
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Pot-plant ferris wheel using metal clothes hangers
This clever little project uses metal clothes hangers to create a display for six pot plants with a very small footprint. The project I wanted to make a home for the cute little Bunnings pots. First iteration. Second version, with an extra coat hanger on each side and thin aluminium wire to serve as the holders. This…
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Wooden pallet recycling ideas for the garden
Just working out how to add captions, is it Shrek, or is it Hoss Cartwrightwith a horse and cart?
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Bunnings raised garden turned into wicking system
The planted up version. The white is almond blossom that has fallen. Started with the Bunnings $29.99 raised garden. Some six packs. A pair tilted. The plastic bag the potting mix came in, along with one of the micro fibre cloths. Planted up. Iceberg lettuce. A large plastic bag, that’s normally the Dalek cover . a…
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Letter box add on
Since 1983, haven’t had a tube for rolled up advertising material. Hence, thought of what would make a length of PVC pipe look better. A dog. There is a Downlight hole saw that suits the diameter of the PVC pipe.
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Children on holidays can check if these are in the garden.
Cellar Dweller. vinegar fly on zinnia seeds. mosquito Satin - green Forester. Bee fly Huntsman mosquito larvae Spined Citrus Bug Crane fly Gum leaf grasshopper Grab spider robber fly
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D.I.Y. self-watering pots
Bucket’s of coleus. Normally for a water well expect to pay $12 each? Hence ten is $120. Bucket’s are about $0.99c and so are the saucer’s at Bunnings. a light to show where to drill the drainage hole. drill slowly, otherwise the plastic will crack. Some plastic fly screen from Bunnings to keep mosquitoes out. They will…
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Build your own white elephant from pallet wood.
A White Elephant Planter box for your front patio/porch. Or to give to your local politician as a Christmas gift, for their electoral office. Gather some pallet wood. The front and back. Followed by wood for the ears, face and trunk. Using other bus of wood as jigs. A flare base to align the bottoms of the feed, some more…
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Half wheel barrow for Bromeliads
I like putting Bromeliads in wooden barrows. To save making the whole barrow. Half a barrow was made. The result, with some friends having a ride. Without the little wooden planters having a ride. Some of the dimensions. The sections that extend up at the front, are for a tying point. I used some reclaimed timber, I found…
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Space-themed garden plantings
Space themed plantings. Two large hanging baskets joined. I see 45cm wide baskets now available. These baskets are sitting on top of ridged pots. Not actually hanging. The red planet has three one litre containers inside, with holes. With Pansies last year. A single tray for the marble planet. For the red planet, used…
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Milk cart planter
This milk cart planter using recycled pallet timber holds potted plants and creates a wonderful garden feature. The project I found a way to make wheels for a milk cart planter with the minimum number of saw cuts. Set the compound saw at 22.5 degrees, and over at say 45. The 22.5 needs to be correct, but by turning the…
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Wishing wells
Wishing wells. Bonica roses picked and placed in two wishing well buckets. Only Two Bonica bush rose plants produced all these flowers. Used a Bunnings table saw. Made jigs to keep fingers away. Beware of cats, they like wishing wells. Here the thick part of the pallet is used. I found a way of removing the bits that are…
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Christmas sleigh made from 2.5mm tie wire
Pictures of the final item, followed by some instructions. Just spotted a video icon, so will try to add a video later. Making a sleigh from wire sold at Bunnings. Note, keep the material clear of candles, don't leave them unattended.With succulents. The problem, is if multiple candles are used, people will bet on with…
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Memorial animal planter of a pet that has passed.
Our 18.5 yr old cat passed. So, the first iteration of a memorial planter. Thinking orange pansies for the planter. Summer flower can be English marigolds. The pet this model was based on. Notice the ginger around the nose. Gets on fine with the dog. When taking the wooden friends to the parks, remember to pick up after…
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Mini wheelbarrow planter for succulents
Staying at home, and didn’t want to go out to the cold shed to make something. So, I thought if desktop woodwork. Used the washing machine when glueing. Making a succulent wheelbarrow, using ice cream sticks. Have - Echeveria elegans Echeveria prolifica ruby necklace string of pearls string of watermelon The use of tooth…
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How I made a sack truck for another pot man
The pot man on the right isn’t easily moved. So I thought of a sack truck man. I’ve always liked sack trucks, offical ones come in a variety of shapes. There are ones for large milk cans as well. The sack truck as a holder for pots of succulents. the 1/2 inch bolts are for the cute wheels at Bunnings. The Bunnings near me…
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Cineraria and Foxgloves in Bunnings now
Wondering if we can post garden pictures as well. I’ll add some more under this heading if allowed. Although I purchased punnets and punnets if stocks just yesterday, normally purchase fox gloves and cinerarias. This morning planted up two hanging baskets joined together with pansies purchased in a nursery tray at…
