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UncategorizedUp-Potting Using Recycled Plastic Containers
Instead of simply throwing away (or recycling) our empty yogurt, cottage cheese or sour cream containers, we’ve been using them to up pot our seedlings while waiting for warmer weather 🙂 All you have to do is poke a couple of holes in the bottom of the container to allow…
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UncategorizedFeatured
Social Media and the internet really are amazing things.  Who knew?!  A couple of weeks ago I saw a facebook post from Kitchen Gardeners International that mentioned a journalist was looking for garden bloggers who had ideas about up-cycling to share.  I emailed in and found myself quickly talking to Jennifer Steil,…
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Last Christmas, my brother and sister-in-law made each of the siblings a Planter Chair! Â Such a great idea and wonderful gift! From the looks of it, all you have to do is take an old chair, cut a hole in the seat of it and attach a hanging basket to…
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Hello everyone! Â I’d like to introduce, for the first time ever in this space, my Partner Kim (AKA Tool Lady)!!! Â She is going to explain how she built me what is quite possibly the best garden gift ever…a potting table!!! Full disclosure: there are a few pictures missing from this…
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Today we… Painted old pallets, wrapped weed cloth around them and stuffed soil into them Cleared more rocks & leveled the ground where the bees will be moved to Put some stakes in the ground Secured two of the three pallets to their stakes Created trellising above each pallet for more vertical grow space…
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UncategorizedAntique Finds
On our trip to Missouri, we visited several Antique shops. Â We don’t really have antique shops here, not like they do in the mid-west, at least. Â Even second hand shops here are expensive (a $6 t-shirt, a $50 cast iron pan, etc) and most of the time, even if we…
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UncategorizedHow to Make Yarn Out of Plastic Bags
Alright…I have wanted to try crocheting using plastic bags for a while now, I just haven’t gotten around to it until now. Â I won’t even try to make excuses. Now, how the heck do you make yarn out of plastic bags? Start by laying your bag out flat on any…