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25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Do you also want a great garden to entertain your friends?

The thing is, not all of us can afford a magnificent wooden deck...

...let alone a dream pool!

Fortunately, we have selected 25 great ideas for your garden for you.

Don't worry, these ideas are easy to make and inexpensive . Watch:

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

1. Replace the bulbs of an old chandelier with cheap solar lights and hang it from a tree branch

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Elegant outdoor lighting, and without having to pay for electricity! For light bulbs, you can, for example, use these.

2. Recycle an old swing chair

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

3. Put baby diapers inside your flower pots

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Why put diapers in flower pots? Because layers help plants retain moisture and stay green longer.

4. Put scraps of yarn in your feeder. Birds will use them to make their nest :-)

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

5. Use glow sticks for a ring toss game at night

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

If you're looking for glow sticks, you can find some here.

6. Plant Bassia scoparia, an ornamental plant that can grow in all climates

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

The Bassia scoparia is a herbaceous plant extremely resistant to dry climates and which grows very quickly. As soon as the cold seasons approach, its green foliage turns into a beautiful red color.

7. Are you organizing a party? Hang empty bottles on your fence and fill them with flowers

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

8. Use spray paint on your folding chairs to add color to your parties

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

To paint metal chairs, you can use this paint.

9. Make an original chime with your old keys and a little acrylic paint

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

No acrylic paint? You can find some here.

10. Plant citronella, a 100% natural mosquito repellent

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Buy lemongrass in plant form at any supermarket. Once home, cut off the tops of the stems and any dry parts of the plant. Put the stems in a container of water that you will expose to the sun, for example on a windowsill. In a few weeks, the roots of the lemongrass will grow back. All you have to do is plant them in your garden to say goodbye to mosquitoes!

To discover: Lemongrass:How To Grow It And Enjoy Its Benefits.

11. Put a few flat stones in a waterproof container to make an outdoor foot wash

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

You will see, the flat stones are super pleasant under your feet :-)

12. Plant Sedum sarmentosum, an ideal ground cover that grows super fast

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Small bonus:in spring, the Sedum sarmentosum makes beautiful little yellow flowers :-)

13. Apply a coat of phosphorescent paint to your flower pots for magical outdoor lighting

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Click here to buy phosphorescent paint.

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

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Easy as pie! You just need to hang old windows with mirrors :-)

15. Give tree stumps a second life

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Turn a tree stump into a garden table, a planter or decorate it with moss and flowers.

16. Make custom garden slabs with cement, cereal boxes and glass stones

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

A great project to do with your children!

17. Plant sunflowers in a circle to make a great playhouse for your kids

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

18. Use foam fries to make a game of croquet

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

To discover: 8 Ingenious Ways to Use Foam Fries.

19. Make a wasp and hornet trap with sugar water and a plastic bottle

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

No one wants to kill these little creatures. But if someone is allergic to this type of insect, there is an easy method to make a trap. Put some sugar water in a plastic bottle and make a small cut in it. Once inside the bottle, insects cannot escape.

To discover: 13 Natural Tricks To Kill Flies Forever.

20. Epsom salt is the best natural fertilizer, and one of the easiest to use

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Epsom salt, also known as magnesium sulfate, is a gardener's secret to lush vegetation. For potted plants, dissolve 3 tablespoons of Epsom salt in about 4 liters of water. Water your plants with this magic potion once a month. You can also sprinkle some Epsom salt directly into the soil before planting your seeds in pots.

To discover: How To Use Magnesium Sulfate For A Beautiful Garden.

21. Use an LED rope light to light up your garden

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Did you know that LED rope lights are water resistant? Connect them to a programmer so that they turn on automatically. Beautiful, isn't it?

22. Recycle an old tarp into a children's shooting game

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Stretch the tarp between two trees. Drill a few holes, and you're done! Your kids have a great shooting game :-)

23. Make this floating cooler for next to nothing

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

Check out the trick here.

24. Drill holes in your fence and plug them with marbles

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

The sun will diffuse a beautiful colored light in your garden. Isn't that beautiful? :-)

25. Use a simple tarp instead of a swimming pool

25 Super Easy and Inexpensive Ideas for Your Garden.

A cover like this only costs about ten euros instead of a hundred euros for a plastic swimming pool like this. Kids will love sliding on it and there's a lot less risk of drowning!