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Easy DIY Fall Decor

Outdoor Fall Decor really can be easy.  We cover DIY Fall Decor that is super simple, fun for the whole family, and creates cherished memories.

Today’s links: ely.how/episode35

Outline: Easy DIY fall decor to make your yard pop

  • Simple décor
  • Colors
  • Where to get
  • Plants
  • Style guidance

Outdoor Fall Décor items

  • Themes
    • Earthy, natural, cozy, harvest
  • Pumpkins!
    • Grow your own
    • Go to the patch!
    • Get pie pumpkins
      • Great for…. pies!
    • Get winter squashes
      • Great for soups, savory dishes
    • Gourds
      • Use to build bird houses
    • Jack-o-lanterns
    • Roasted pumpkin seeds
  • Hay Bales
    • Get STRAW bales, or seedless hay
      • Oat, triticale, alfalfa, wheat, rye etc.
    • Get organic or non-sprayed straw
      • Can be used in garden.
    • Can use later as mulch in garden
    • Grass seeding mulch cover
    • Compost filler
    • Where to find
      • Craigslist
      • Facebook Marketplace
      • Tractor Supply
      • Rural King
      • landscape supply
    • Corn stalks
      • Where to find
        • Visit your local farmer
        • Farmer’s market
        • Friend that gardens
      • Stalks, colorful ears
      • Plant it for next year!
    • Scarecrow
      • Fun activity
      • Can be cute or funny
    • Wood cuttings
      • Stump pieces make great structural accents
      • Neatly stacked wood pile gives cozy feel

Outdoor fall decor plants

  • Mums
    • Look for hardy mums – can plant for next year
    • Toxic – skin irritant, keep watch on kids, pets
  • Asters
    • Some are US natives
      • Symphyotrichum novae-angliae – sun
      • Symphyotrichum oblongifolium – shade
    • Grasses
      • Great texturizer
      • Windy, wispy accent
      • Suggestions
        • Prairie Dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
        • Little Bluestem – Shizachyrium scoparium
        • Muhly grass – Mulhenbergia spp, cappilaris
        • Sedges – Carex spp.
      • Other Plants
        • Sunflowers
        • Coneflowers
        • Goldenrods

DIY fall decor design suggestions

  • Don’t overdo it!
  • A few accents are more impactful that lots of stuff

Today’s favorite plant: New England Aster

  • Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
  • Beautiful fall flowers
  • Varieties
    • ‘Purple Dome’
  • Sun
  • Moisture: average to moist
  • Fertility: average to high