Posts tagged as: crafty

Small Space Gardening: How To Make Inverted Hanging Tomato Planters Out Of Plastic Water Jugs

April 15th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Boy howdy, this project. This project! I heart it, is what I mean to say. Because it combines so many of my favorite things, like reusing/upcycling, and small-scale gardening, and inventive solutions to common problems, and also tomatoes. And twine! I love twine. Tomatoes are so, so much fun to grow, because there’s a huge [...]

Homemade Holidays: Vanilla Extract

November 14th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Recipes

This project calls for vodka. Do try and keep it away from the baby . . . Have you started making your holiday gifts yet? What?! It’s already that time of year again? I know, I know . . . This is a project that i’ve been meaning to do for years – yes, literally [...]

Greening The Little Things: A Homemade + “Hack” Round-Up

July 11th, 2011 - posted under: The Farm » Home

Glass straws are one of my absolute favorite plastic replacements. Read more here. This month we’ve made it our mission to finally find alternatives for some of the less conspicuous, but nevertheless wasteful, objects in our lives. For example, this whole idea was inspired by my desire to replace my paper coffee filters with something [...]

DIY Homemade “Scrubbies”/Scouring Pads

July 7th, 2011 - posted under: The Farm » Home

As you may have noticed, I’m sort of on a constant quest to reduce my waste and find creative ways to repurpose disposable items. And this month, that mission is especially present in my mind. Which is why, dear friends, this little hack brings me so. much. glee. I do most of my produce shopping [...]

A Watering Can Hack For Newspaper Pots, The Tragedy Of Thinning Seedlings, And Getting Ready To Head Outside

April 21st, 2011 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

I think this is some sort of squash. But maybe it’s a cucumber? No, squash I think. Watering This year I planted all my many sprouts inside of homemade newspaper seed pots. I adore this little DIY project because it upcycles old newspaper and it means I don’t have to buy any additional paraphernalia. However, [...]