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Create Your Outdoor Bliss
WRITTEN BY BRENDA DURAN
Splurge on these fun accessories and tools to spruce up your home and garden.
1. Go Retro
These vintage tablecloths will give your kitchen or outside patio table an instant 1950s kick. They serve as all-purpose decor. Place them over your kitchen or corner tables. Available in various patterns and colors at Vintage Emporium, 3423 Orange Ave., $25.


2. Green Decor
There are many ways to get creative with these grapevine and moss baskets. You can hang them in your garden, fill them with your favorite plants, fruits or decorate your mantle piece with them. Ideal if you are looking for a place to put your flower cuttings, glass stones, rocks and other items. Available at Vintage Emporium, 3423 Orange Ave., $25.


3. Watch Them Grow
Having trouble making the most of your garden? Gro-Power Plus is designed for all soil conditions. Use this to increase the rate and depth of water penetration, to aerate the soil, reduce evaporation and deepen the root system, and to make plant food in soil more available. The ideal tool for turf. Available at H&H Nursery, 6220 Lakewood Blvd., $14.99 — $39.99.


4. Feed Your Garden Friends
This ruby-colored glass hummingbird feeder with solid copper base allows your winged friends to perch while feeding through open sunlit ruby red flower ports. Feeders are made from all-natural ingredients. Available in various colors at Fern’s Garden, 5308 E. Second St., $44.95.


5. Let The Wind Blow
Jacob’s Waterfall wind chimes have nine steel pipes that combine to create a playful, waterfall effect. These beautiful sounding traditional wind chimes are hand-tuned and assembled locally with weatherproof materials. Perfect for any outside patio. Available in various colors at Fern’s Garden, 5308 E. Second St., $59.95.



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