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The beautiful, dark, rich colors of Mums blooming all around us is mother natures way of saying fall is upon us.

Mums are a great way to decorate for the up coming holidays. They are very hearty and offer a lot of bloom for the buck. If you are like me you wait and buy them from your local market or farmers market once fall arrives. You can't help but pick them up and take them home.

They are perfect  for the fall season.

If you are looking for some great ideas on how to decorate with mums this season go to Mister Landscaper Pintrest page and look under gardens and flowers.

The bright multi color leaves are falling all around us! We could rake them up and burn them. I do enjoy the smell of fresh burning leaves.

Not so fast!  Let's capture the beauty of fall with an easy DIY craft before we set them all on fire. Follow these easy steps to create a fantastic keep sake for years to come!

Lets get started.

1. Go to a craft store and purchase Mod Podge, and the Mod Podge sealer,

2. pick something you want to Mod Podge. It can be a table, placemat, photo..... the list goes on

3. Go outside and pick out some of your favorite leaves. Get enough to cover your surface. Find a clean work space and start Mod Podging the back of your leaves and sticking them on your surface. Once you have all your leaves glued in place let it dry for about 6 hours.

4. brush on a layer of Mod Podge over the entire syrface and give it about 2-6 hours to dry.

5. Do another layer of Mod Podge and allow it to dry

6. Once it is all dry spray your piece with the sealer for extra protection.

Enjoy your DIY Mod Podge Fall craft.

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Pumpkin Decorating can be so much fun!

If you are looking for a new creative idea for decorating your pumpkins, get out your paint brushes! It's fun and easy to do.

just follow these easy steps.

you will need:

• pumpkin
• acrylic paint
• paint
• paint brush
• clean rag
• sealer (optional)
• marker
• transfer paper (optional)
• glitter, bling... (optional)

1. Choose a pumpkin
2. clean and dry your pumpkin
3. pick a design

• stencil
• free hand

1. seal your pumpkin with sealer to help the paint stick (optional)
2. paint your pumpkin one solid color or if you want the orange background leave it.
3. trace your design with a marker or transfer paper
4. once you are done seal the paint (optional)
5. add glitter, eyes, bling, hat......... (optional)

once you give it time to dry you can display your pice of art!

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Don't throw out those old flower pots. You can dress them up.

Save your fabric pieces and use it to wrap your flower pots. Lace also looks very good. Is all you will need is the following.

1. fabric/lace

2. glue that will stick to your type of flower pot.

(read the side of the glue and it will tell you what the glue sticks best to.)

3. scissors

4. buttons, glitter, bling bling if desired

Once you have collected all your materials find a nice work and begin by cutting the fabric to fit your flower pot. Before adding the glue to the pot check the fabric piece to make sure it fits just right.

Once it's cut place the glue on your pot and begin wrapping the fabric around the pot smoothing it out with your fingers as you go. You will need to press down and work some of the areas out that have trapped air. Let the glue dry before you add buttons or glitter on the flower pot. Idf you are looking for more great ideas go to Pintrest and search fabric covered flower pots.

Enjoy!

The fall season is on its way. It's time to start thinking about your fall flowers.

There are many great colors to choose from. Some of the most popular flowers are:

1. Aster

2. Toad Lily

3. Goldenrod

4. Russian Sage

5. Sedum

These are some of the most popular ones although there are many more to pick from.

Your next adventure after picking out what flowers you want in your garden would is to decide how to plant them.

Enjoy your fall flower selection. 

If you want to see more great fall flowers you can search google images for "fall garden flowers"

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The fall season is among us. It's time to start planning for your next planting season. I don't know about you but I have a hard time deciding what to plant for the up coming season. I like to search on-line to get good ideas. I also thing about the holidays. "what will I need for the up coming holidays?"

I have found that making a plan and creating a list works great for me.

If you google images of fall gardens in your state you will see many neat ideas.

 There are many beautiful gardens to visit all around the United States.

If you are looking for a beautiful place to go on vacation why not visit a few?

There are many web sites you can visit to plan your adventure. I linked a few I liked.

BBC Travel

http://www.bbc.com/travel/slideshow/20130515-ten-north-american-gardens-worth-travelling-for 

This site has a list of the top ten North American gardens worth traveling.

Adding a garden pond to your  yard can benefit you in more ways than one. In our yard we have a lot of low lying water that has no where to go. This is when I decided, "lets dig a pond."

A pond would also be neat for fishing in the summer and ice skating in the winter if you live in the northern states.

After looking on Pintrest I realized there are many different ways to make a pond! We have a lot of creative people in this world.

There are many benefits to having a pond in your yard.

Below I have attached a few images of ponds that I found on Pintrest and wanted to share.

Looking at all the DIY creative garden paths on our Facebook page has inspired me to give it a try. 

I have seen many beautiful DIY walk ways made out of a collection of rocks, broken concrete, marbles, and more! My first step is to start collecting my creative materials.

With a little searching I have found directions on how to put in my own garden path. I also watch a lot of DIY network.

They are always tearing up back yards and laying walk ways.

I have been on Craigs List a lot! If you go under the free section you might get lucky. I see a lot of free broken up concrete.

The trick to this is you want one side to be flat so that it is easy to lay.

I have also thought about using the following:

golf balls, river rocks, glass bottle

bottoms (bottoms facing up and tops cemented down

(be very careful not to cut yourself!)), sliced treated tree stumps, or old plates.

The list is just my thoughts as well as some of the ideas I came across on Facebook and Pintrest.

Making your own DIY  garden path can be really fun!

Get your kids involved and have them help you.

The idea is to get creative and make it personal.  

The cost of water is on the rise!

If you are looking for ways to save money, time and water then you need to check out Mister Landscaper's Quality DIY low-flow irrigation kits.

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