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15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Want to spruce up your garden for sunny days?

It's a good idea, especially if you have children :-)

But don't worry, you don't need to spend a fortune!

We have selected for you 15 great and inexpensive ideas .

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Whether you have a small or a large garden, these tips are made for you!

After putting them in place, you will be even more proud of your small or large garden. Watch:

1. Make holes in the fence and fill them with colored marbles

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

The sunlight will diffuse beautiful colors in your garden. Ingenious, isn't it?

2. A floating pool bar for 2 euros

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Find out how to easily make your floating bar here.

3. Make a shooting game by recycling an old tarp

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Hang it between two trees. There you have it, you have made a great ball throwing game for your kids. Check out the trick here.

4. Put a light garland in your garden

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Use a solar outdoor string light like this to make your garden light up on its own after dark.

5. Use Epsom salt to fertilize your garden

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Put 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt in 3-4 liters of water. Use this water to water your garden at least once a month or sprinkle the soil with Epsom salt before planting your seeds. Your garden will love it and so will you!

6. Make a homemade wasp trap

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Fill a plastic bottle with apple juice or sugar water. Cut a slit in the side to make an opening. Super effective if you are invaded by wasps or hornets in the garden.

7. Use foam fries to make a game of croquet

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Cut the foam fries in half. Each fries can be used to make 2 arches. Hold them on the ground using garden metal stakes.

8. Grow sunflowers in a circle to make a hut

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Once pushed, your children will love relaxing among the sunflowers! And I'm sure you too will spend time there reading quietly in the sun :-)

9. Use cement, cereal boxes and glass stones to make unique slabs for the garden

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Prepare some quick-drying cement. Pour it into cardboard or plastic boxes. Have your children place the glass stones on the cement. Let the cement dry. Then place the slabs in your garden. You will thus have magnificent Japanese steps in your garden.

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

10. Reuse old tree stumps

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Whether it's to lay a table or to put a nice flowerpot on it, it would be a shame not to use old tree stumps! I don't know what you think about it, but I find it super pretty in the garden :-)

11. Use an empty roll of toilet paper to grow your seedlings

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Empty toilet paper rolls are great for preparing seedlings and growing small seeds. Find out how to do it here.

12. Hang mirrors on your fences to make your garden look much bigger

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Collect old window frames. Remove the windows, being careful not to cut yourself. Sand the wooden uprights and paint them to give them a second life. On the back of the frames attach boards. Then hang mirrors in the window frames.

13. Use phosphorescent black paint to paint your flower pots

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Paint your flower pots with a self-luminous glow-in-the-dark paint like this one. At night, this painting lights up. You will get a really awesome light effect.

14. Grow sedum sarmentosum in your driveways

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

This plant grows quickly to make a nice ground cover. In June, it is covered with small yellow flowers.

15. Have a zen footbath

15 Awesome and Inexpensive Ideas for the Garden.

Take a water-resistant wooden frame. Fill it with flat stones. Use it to rinse your dirty feet in the garden. The stones will look great and your feet will love it!