upcycling

4 articles
New Shelving!

New Shelving!

What do you do when you have a ton of lumber left over from a steal of a deal?  Make shelves, of course!!!Yes, this is part of our garage.  Gross, over run, SO ready for an overhaul!Here's another part of the garage. These shelves were here when we moved in.They're nice in theory, but not in practice.Another view of the…
April 17, 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