This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot.
Every time I start to get a little bit excited about Spring we get smacked with another cold spell. It?s definitely an odd April with temperatures being as low as they have been but it?s not going to stop me from getting ready for a beautiful Spring. It?s just taking a little longer to get here than I had hoped for.
However, on Sunday we had a very nice day that was perfectly warm and a bit windy. We decided it would be a great day to take a trip to The Home Depot to shop for our first DIY gardening project of the year. After looking at all of the projects online in The Home Depot?s Garden Club idea center we got our list together to create not one, but two Whiskey Barrel planters.
The supply list for this project is small and all you need to create a beautiful Whiskey Barrel Garden is a whiskey barrel, small pebbles, potting mix and a beautiful assortment of flowers.
With our short list and all the kids packed into the minivan we took a small trip to Jacksonville, IL to visit The Home Depot. The indoor/outdoor garden center was packed with everything you could possibly need to start Spring planting. The first thing we did was stop and look at all of the potting mix options. Since I?m not known for a green thumb we ultimately decided on using the Miracle Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. Hopefully this will help me with my odd ability to over and under water my plants.
The kids got really excited when they found the huge flats of purple flowers. There are so many options for a whiskey barrel garden that you can really customize this project to your own liking. The first flower the kids picked out was a Woodland Flox that has a nice height to it and is perfect for the center of each whiskey barrel.
Then we decided on four different shades of Geraniums to fill the border of each whiskey barrel. These sun loving flowers will be perfect since we?re planning on putting the barrels in front of our garage which gets a little shade in the morning and full sun the rest of the day.
We also looked at stacks and stacks of pots for planting. There?s just about every size imaginable, many of which I think I?ll be going back for to add some edible container gardens to my to-do list this summer.
It took a little bit of searching but we finally found the half size whiskey barrels. They are very, very large, holding 62 cubic feet of soil each. I adore the rustic look of these!
An hour or so into our shopping trip and we realized it was time to checkout when we found ourselves with three carts full of soil, rocks, flowers and whiskey barrels. It?s a good thing I have three kids to help push these carts around!
By the time it was all said and done we got through the trip spending just under $250 for the project supplies plus another $30 or so on other gardening supplies we had on our list.?The only real problem we faced during our Home Depot shopping trip was how to fit 3 kids and 3 carts worth of supplies into the minivan.
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot.
Keep an out later this week for an update. As soon as it?s done raining I?ll be heading outside to tackle my Whiskey Barrel Garden project. Until then, I?d love to know what gardening projects you have started tackling!?For more outdoor DIY project ideas you can visit The Home Depot Garden Club online or take a look at The Home Depot on Pinterest.
Source: http://foodfamilyfinds.com/its-time-to-digin-and-create-a-diy-whiskey-barrel-flower-garden/
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