Tag: DIY
How to Make a Berry Picking Bucket
                DIY Berry Picking Bucket Video
A bountiful morning when you have the right tools.
Berry (and cherry) picking is serious business; you pick a few, eat a...            
            
        Rebuilding My Porch and DIY Credibility
                
I keep a mental to-do list, a growing index of things I want to get done, or more importantly that need my attention, or better put, needed...            
            
        How to Make an Orchard Mason Bee House
                
While I adore my honeybees, I also revere the amazing and often-times overlooked native pollinator, the Mason Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria). Where the honeybee is...            
            
        Hooping It Up: The Greenhouse Is Covered!
                The hoophouse crowned: Clouds parted, the angels sang.
A Greenhouse Grows!
Building a hoophouse--make that a large hoophouse--has been a life lesson in humility. I believe...            
            
        Sticks and Stones Have Found a Home
                Sticks and stones never looked so good.
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, and render my lawnmower useless. Not quite the child's rhyme, but...            
            
        Storage Solutions: My Mom’s Bright (and Admittedly Good) Idea
                Storage Solutions and How to let the sunshine in on a window shelfMy mother is not one to sit idly by. After her last visit...            
            
        How to Make a Garden Fountain
                
My fountain built in 2005, algae aged and still running.
Garden Fountain: An Earthly Delight
What's my sign? (I thought you'd never ask.) As a card-carrying,...            
            
        Home Improvement: Embracing My Mudroom and Inner Ungar
                
Boz, prefers to keep his distance while supervising my DIY antics.
As a self-admitted Oscar Madison, I've battled my inner Felix Unger for years, knowing...            
            
        How to Make a Trellis for Your Potted Plants
                Trellis in a pot and some towering support
Every year I lose potted plants to freezing temperatures. Like Charlie Brown, I never learn.  Just as...