Jumpstart Your Garden

Here are 10 simple gardening projects that will jumpstart your urge to get out and dig in the dirt.

This is roundup by Rachel Faucett, a designer and vintage scout for all things children, sharing her latest finds on her blog handmade charlotte. She lives on a farm just outside of Atlanta with her husband and their five children (and ever-changing menagerie of animals).

 

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Build Your Own Salad Table - Enjoy delicious home-grown salads all summer long with this DIY salad table project from Apartment Therapy.

Online Garden Planner - Simply enter your zip code and GrowVeg.com will help you layout the perfect vegetable garden for your location.

Simple Celery - Just chop off the base from the remains of celery you bought from the store an plant it–one week of growth shown in the photo from Kailo Chic.

Grow Citrus Indoors - You don't have to live in Florida to grow delicious citrus fruit at home. Visit Apartment Therapy for great tips on growing citrus indoors.

DIY Freestanding Vertical Garden- Build this DIY space-saving vertical garden from A Kate Offering and your back will thank you!

DIY Rain Barrel - No more feeling guilty while watering your garden with this DIY rain barrel project from The Family Handyman.

Egg Carton Seed Starter - Click for simple instructions to turn a discarded egg carton into the perfect seed starter.

DIY Veggie Basket - Make harvest time a snap with this handy DIY basket (tutorial here).

Vertical Herb Garden - Turn a shoe organizer into a vertical herb garden with this tutorial from Instructables.

DIY Wine Crate Vegetable Garden - This DIY balcony-sized raised bed garden is perfect for urban dwellers and others without a lot of space to grow vegetables.