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New Counter Tops

New Counter Tops

I just realized that, a few months ago we put in new counter tops in our kitchen and I never posted about it!!!  I'm sure you've seen glimpses of them in my posts, but here's the official lowdown...Five years ago when we moved into our house, one of the first things we added to our To-Do list was to re-do…
April 14, 2012

Eggshells

Did you know you can use eggshells as a chicken and garden supplement?   Absolutely! Now, up until a couple of years ago, I had no idea that eggshells were good for anything except waiting for me to crack them open ;-) Whether you keep chickens and have an abundance of egg shells, or buy a carton or two each…
April 12, 2012
Up-Potting Using Recycled Plastic Containers

Up-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 for drainage!  If you want to get crafty, you can use…
April 7, 2012
Featured

Featured

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, the journalist who was putting together a piece for ivillage.com.…
April 4, 2012
Chair Planter

Chair Planter

Last Christmas, my brother and sister-in-law made each of the siblings a Planter Chair!  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 the underside (they used nails and then bent them to…
April 3, 2012