A Beautiful Homestead on The Cheap!
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2017
- Having a very productive homestead is always the goal, but it also brings a whole new meaning when you can make it beautiful, too! We all know homesteading isn't cheap, but there are simple ways to make everything affordable when it comes to being decorative! Let's hear some of the creative methods you use, too!
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I love all the color! The artificial flowers are actually very pretty.Pretty makes me happy!It's great you showing how to put bits and pieces to use.
We moved to an old farmhouse 6 years ago and in the barn I found one of my best treasures! It was an old milking trough! It was full of junk that been sitting it it for years. I saw it and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, I made (with my husband's help) turned it into a flower bed! It is such a beautiful piece on my brick patio! The previous owner said he hopes his wife never sees it cause she will be upset that they left it! Ones man junk, another man's treasure!
Lilac bushes attract my huge bumble bees, hummingbirds, etc. They come back every year. I have some that are 25 yrs old, and the flowers they produce smell heavenly every May. I have cuttings all over my house for 2-3 wks.
Lilacs are my absolute favorite. When I lived in NY I had a nice tree that produced beautiful, fragrant flowers. Now, in south Florida, lilacs don't grow. The closest we can get are crepe myrtles but they're just not the same.
Firstly, I absolutely adore you! You're so natural on camera which makes it fun to watch you. Secondly, can you come out to my homestead and decorate it for me? I have about as much creative talent for decorating as a rock. Thank goodness when we bought this place the previous owners were the decorating types so I am limping along some of the cute things they left behind.
plant mustard or rape seed, both have lots of yellow flowers that bring lots of bees and such
Scored 8 inch tall bleeding hearts at the Master Gardener's plant sale for 50 cents each. Our county sells more than two dozen types of bare root trees for $1.10 each including Cherry, Hazelnut, Serviceberry, Lilac and Plum every spring. We grow tomato and peppers from seed and barter with the neighbors for excess ornamental plants from their yards. Scarlett Runner beans make great hedges (on fences) or trellis - the hummingbirds and bees love them. Plant some milkweed (in a container) for the monarch butterflies.
My Mamaw & Papaw had that same birdbath painted that same color when I was a kid! Thank you for bringing back that memory Patara! Great video 😊
Love your ideas. And I love the wrought iron lawn furniture. I have one wrought iron rocking chair that I saved from the dump. It is so comfortable. Thanks for sharing. Peace and blessings.
An interesting little known fact: Roses have very similar needs and are affected by the same diseases as grape vines. In California, where my father lived, the farmers plant beautiful boarders of rose bushes around their vineyards. If the roses get to feeling poorly, the farmers have time to take action before the "blight" has time to take hold in the vineyard. Great video! Full of great ideas. Would like to see your barn quilt sometime. Kiss Mr. Peaches for us, we love you both!🐱
garage sale junkie here: planters, furniture, flower cuttings/pots, faux flowers, containers etc, etc, etc all for really inexpensive !!!
You can find some great stuff!
Love all the beautiful touches you have added. I love shopping my home but Pinterest has killed my soul lol. I love your idea for the wreath. My favorite diy is taking placemats, ripping the seam and stuffing it to make seasonal pillows. Thanks for sharing, love this video. Blessings and Hugs from Texas
Harvested grape vines turned into wreaths and filled with hair from grooming my dog or wool cuttings, for the birds to use for nesting materials.
Oh my goodness dahlin! That is just so precious, I can't wait to try some of these tips...bless your heart!!! ❤x️❤️o ❤️~ Dan
Those pots next to the bird bath would look so sweet turned on their sides with trailing petunias or nasturtiums coming out of them. I love, love, love your wrought iron garden furniture. Would love to have some, but around here it goes for astronomical amounts of money.
Hey lady, I'll do you one better! I go to my Lowes several times each summer and buy discount. BUT, at my store if you fill an entire rack (the tall ones with 4-5 levels on it) with plants from the discount rack, you get EVERYTHING FOR 10cents on the dollar of the sale price!!! It's the most exciting part of my year. Last year I racked up. I got about 10 knock out roses, which were on sale for 5 bucks each, for 50 cents each! I bought so much stuff I had to ride down the road with my head out the window! But people here have caught on and I have to watch the sale rack like a hawk now in order to catch it full. They won't do it until mid summer when everything is dry, dying and they're getting new shipments in and need room. But I can bring something back to life that looks like a dry dead stick in dirt, so anything half dead, especially perennial, I buy! Cut it back, water it. Voila.
I had no idea! But if you use your military I.D. with that...they'd be paying you take them! 10% off all purchases with I.D. So, add that to your sale items if you can! Save even more!
M Halvaresh uuummmmm, not that I am aware of. But the proof is in the pudding and I can tell you my flowerbeds, gardens, and yard are swamped with bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, lizards, birds. I have an enormous amount of pollinators and a little ecosystem hanging around my house.
Adrienne Pyle ,,,Would you share how you rejuvenate the plants ? Thanks ! ! !
My Momma had the same talent. She wouldn't use the silk flowers in the winter because they looked out of place. But in the spring and summer, she would use both silk and real flowers and they looked awesome. I love the little spots of color you have tucked all over. Shows that you love and are proud of your homestead. Good job
Beautiful! I love all the arrangements. You have great ideas
we need more Mr. Peaches!
Patara ferns are beautiful in old tree stumps and they'll come back every year Girl ! They work best in those shady and or moist indirect sun areas ! I really enjoy your video's !
I start every morning now with one of your older videos! 🎉❤ you help me so much it’s crazy- a complete stranger several states away, we’ll probably never meet but your wisdom has helped me beyond words. You’re my morning motivation and I’m so grateful 😊
Wow !! You Killed it out on ur sweet precious farm ! I love the personal touch, it adds character LOVE , and appreciation for the land and farm! I sure wouldn't bet ur farm nothing ! It's to stinking cute ! Lol :) I always say "I'll bet the farm on it" I'm a East TN girl Too!!! We got our own twannnng and sayings the world has let me know while visiting other areas lol! I'm East TN like Tri cities.. Bristol motor speedway !!! Way way way up in there right near the beautiful Appalachian trial sure gotta count my many blessings everyday for being surrounded by wonderful people and good hearted land loving , farm steading , food growing folks.
Re-use, recycle, and re purpose. Colored bowling balls line the paths in the back yard, interspersed with petrified red cedar rocks from a friend's farm in NE TN. found used brick and pieces of slate made the round patio outside the back door, surrounding a cast iron fire pit given to me by a friend. Paths have river rock from TN rivers---and always, always flowers, many from cuttings or seed given by friends. Yard sales and thrift shops are my friend. Imagination is a wonderful thing.
Not so far. I just give them a little scrub with a brush now and again. I may try coating them with something like poly, but think I am going to oil them first and see how that does to make the colors pop.
I'm a new subscriber and I am absolutely loving your channel!! Keep up the positive inspirational education! You're so sweet, funny and keeping it real! I hope to have a homestead like you do soon!
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Don't forget about the nurseries. At the end of each season they are giving away plants. It was always fun to swap seeds and plants with other folks. I'm in an apartment now so no longer have a yard. Loved your ideas! x, E.
I would really like to see a more detail video on your bean trellis. I want to do this next. It would take much less space.
Love IT !! Last Year I Planted HollyHocks .. AND This Year they are Blooming ! Hummingbirds are Lovin' Them !
Wrought Iron cast offs can be used as gates etc. Old wood screen doors make great garden entry doors.
When I go to Lowe's, Home Depot, or Walmart I always go by the nursery Part and dead-head plants. I get such a collection! Best of all, they don't mind and it's free.
Hi Patera! Your wreath is so cute and cheerful! I love it! No shame in using faux flowers! They look cheery even if they aren't real. :) Love how you upcycled all the things you already had to make your homestead warm and inviting. And I'm pretty sure the chickens can feel the love you put into it all as well as your family!
Loved all the cute touches....I too use artificial flowers here and there because I don't have a lot of sun in the places I want to have flowers. Also not that great at growing things.
Made a nice fence for my chicken run with pallets. Also building a coop from scrap lumber.
Old water troughs (any shape) works great for transplants or extra crops you need for canning. A salad, berry or herb planter near the house gives visual interest or place to grow a quick snack ..
You've got some cute things going on at your homestead! Thank you for sharing!!
HI PATARA VERY CUTE IDEA'S.YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SOME GREAT AND HELPFUL WAYS TO DECORATE.TAKE CARE,PIA&ALL.♡
my Anna's and Blackchinned hummingbirds love autumn sage/Salvia greggii
MY GIRL! Laughing with the fencing - me too!!!!
I have an old birdbath in my yard I have been debating about throwing away. Think I will get me a can of spray paint instead. Great idea! Thanks Patara!
I love the mint and fake flower idea!! So clever Patara! Thanks for the tip!
I have hummingbird seeds!
REAL NICE VIDEO MA'AM. NICE TO SEE Y'ALL CALM AND CONTENT. GLORY !
Great ideas!!! Have a good afternoon!!!!
Your speaking my language! I always by end of the season plants and split my own! We also use wood, repaint, etc. I'm very frugal, lol!
Great ideas! I myself was out repotting, fo is good! thanks for more ideas!
I shop the clearance plants in the big box stores all the time. We've also found plants at yard sales, flea markets and on craigslist that are free or super inexpensive. Love a good deal.
Hi, I put used coffee grounds in my soil. Different plants love it, like strawberries, peas and beans!
Love Mr Peaches! I had to put my 16 year old cat Pontouf, down on Mother's Day. :'( she had pancreatic sarcoma. It got the best of her. More Mr Peaches vids, please. He's a good farm manager!
Russian sage is a good one to add for periennal. For every plant I put in the garden, I plant 2 flowers for the pollinators. I plant from seed in April usually but I'm in central Illinois.
I always check those mark down racks!! Usually toward the back!
Just bought 2 old dinged & dented metal buckets ( they already have drainage holes LOL ) Now they are full of Poppies, herbs & geraniums!!
We bought water troughs with holes in them from yard sales for a few dollars and used them in the garden as a raised bed and we have a footed bathtub that I plant pretty flowers in next to my garden. Brings in the butterflies and bees. My husband always laughs at me because I say I can plant flowers in anything. An old wheel barrow. Lol
Way to go, Patara. I am so into making my rural homestead beautiful. Great ideas.
Patara, I have planted several buddleas (butterfly bush)and don’t forget catmint bees and butterflies love them and af course your cats. Honeysuckle is a must and a can go on and on. There are lots and lots of herbs that are really good for you and your family but also for your birds and bees. Forget to tell that catmint is an super way to keep deer 🦌 out of your garden.
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I personally like a few things. I think keeping things trimmed and tidy helps.. I enjoy making herb/flower gardens around my house. Inside the house, I like making beauty a combo with function... So as the years go by, I try to replace ugly with pretty, and keep it tidy :D that is as decorated as i get.
Try borage, it is an annual but it seems to self-sow, it really attracts the pollinators. And also you can grow indeterminate tomatoes on those cow panels for sure and even vining squashs.
This was a fun video
So many great ideas.Thank you .
Butterfly bushes, Trailing Bologna's Humming Birds love them. :)
Your homestead is beautiful! Great tips!
That looks great! Wonderful info!
Great ideas! thank you!
Butterfly bush. See if you can get a cutting from someone. That's how I got mine. A fellow homeschool mom gave me one of her cuttings. I love it so much. It attracts butterflies, bumble bees, honey bees etc.. Love my bush. Thinking of making some cuttings myself, now that I've learned how to do it:o)
I take old tires and spray paint them then I plant flowers in them. I've been using old tractor tires, truck or car tires for to plant in for over 30 yrs and love it. I even took an old wagon wheel and planted clematis on one of them and green beans on another..Almost anything can be recycled.
I need to try that!
You have great ideas to make your homestead, look beautiful and inviting, keep up the good work, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!
Can't believe I am watching this as its being sent 😽
I have been buying 90s county wood decor mostly angles and i hang them on my coop. #Goodwillfinds
I love everyone of your videos!!! My life is different from yours in many ways, but l can always use your principles and ideas. Thanks you for a fantastic channel. 💛💙💚
You are such a sweetheart an i love your creativity.
I have a ladybug too. I used to work for Dollar Tree😊
Patara, someone mentioned below that we need to see more Mr. Peaches. How about a video sometime where we are formally introduced to all of your kitties and dogs, nd hear their stories? Have a beautiful day! Loved this video.
great video😉
My husband and I had an old oak tree die and we cut it down. My husband decided to plant mums in it and they were small ones and this year they are huge.
I am inspired!!!!
I love shopping there clearance here to. I'm better at saving plants than planting seeds.
I love pintrist too but I'm terrible at decorating😢, I wish I had the skills to do stuff like that but I'm gonna try to do different things once I move and get settled in a house again 😊🤗. I'm looking for a home with some land to build a happy home and put down roots😊
I like the rustic look also, thanks =)
Fun 💡 ideas..
I get my flowers from the local garden club. They have a mother's day sale to raise money for scholarship s. At the end leftover flowers are half price. Cheap, really cheap
WHAT A GREAT SHARE
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Really beautiful, your very talented just like my daughter Angela. My arts n crafts is for kids, from working Daycare and Head Start as a teacher🤗😊
you are so smart!😄
Smart cookie 💌💕
Vinager gets rid of rust off of hand tools...maybe that can help your chicken feeder?
Hey do u have a po box where we can send u stuff? I can't give away all the seed heads I have! I've got all my own seed heads from years of collecting from my flowers.....coneflowers that are generations old, zinnias that get 3 feet tall, assorted sunflower seeds, and tons of celosia seeds. They literally plant themselves in the cracks of my steps and driveway and are even more tolerant to heat, drought and abuse /neglect than coneflowers! You literally just have to throw these seeds out and they spring up! The next best thing to perennials!
lovely!
You are my kinda girl! I can't throw away much o' nothin'! cuz I can usually make it work SOMEwhere!
Plant milk thistle, Monarchs love em :)
I always get plants at the end of season for next to nothing.
You don't have to feed humming birds to attract them; they love flowers and bees do to. -:)
I just love ya.
Is there a particular brand or type of spray paint for concrete? And is it bird / butterfly safe? Love all the ideas! We have a salvage place here where you can get all sorts of weird scrap metal for cheap. I make little leaning teepees to grow vining plants on them
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I have Azad leaky bird bath. I got some of that black spray to fix this year so the birds will be happy. Is there a certain time of year that birds will eat suet? I put it out in the wire containers but they don't eat. Am I doing something wrong? Any help will be appreciated.
Dont just feed sugar water to the hummingbirds. Buy Jumex nectars in the can and feed them that. They go crazy for that nectar.
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Hey girl Ive been subbed to yall for a while now but Ive been watching your videos for even long and never commented. I just wanted to let you know that I love your channel and thank you for all you do for us on your videos and the wealth of info that you share, even through all of your familys hard times you keep at it! God bless you girl!. We started a homestead vlog about 7 weeks ago now and i would be honored if you stopped by and checked it out! Have an Awesome day and be blessed.
Shabby Chic Baby! 🥰🥰🥰
I LOVE perennials!!!
I'm early for once☺
hey its okay to be a girl and homestead. better cute than to look like trash if you ask me