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The Best Potting Table (Ever)!

Hello everyone!  I'd like to introduce, for the first time ever in this space, my Partner Kim (AKA Tool Lady)!!!  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 explanation since, while she was busy building, I was busy…
March 28, 2012
Bee Relocation Prep

Bee Relocation Prep

Today we...Painted old pallets, wrapped weed cloth around them and stuffed soil into themCleared more rocks & leveled the ground where the bees will be moved toPut some stakes in the groundSecured two of the three pallets to their stakesCreated trellising above each pallet for more vertical grow space and to crate a barrier for the bees to fly overTrashed the back yard (sometimes…
March 18, 2012
Antique Finds

Antique Finds

On our trip to Missouri, we visited several Antique shops.  We don't really have antique shops here, not like they do in the mid-west, at least.  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 find something cool, we usually can't afford it at all…
January 1, 2012
How to Make Yarn Out of Plastic Bags

How 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.  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 flat surface.  I used the kitchen table.Then, carefully cut off both…
August 3, 2011