Recycling & Nature Crafts

Making a Luffa Sponge

Crafts

This year was a first for many things in the garden.  Probably the most dramatic new addition was the luffa gourds. They got off to a bad start.  Soon after sprouting, they disappeared entirely one night.  Chipmunks?  Alien abduction? So I planted more.  They soon sprouted and whatever got them the first time decided to [...]

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Trompe l’oeil Rain Barrel Tutorial

Crafts

I had a lot of options and a lot of ideas when it came to painting the seriously blue plastic barrel we were converting into a rain barrel. I thought of flowers or butterflies (or both), but when it was suggested I paint the thing to look like a barrel, well, that idea made a [...]

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Fiber Joy

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I want to share with you a little something I’ve been working on. It’s my first ever handspun. It’s not much, and goodness knows if you’re a spinner you know it’s horrible.  But it’s mine. And it’s not just handspun.  Hand grown handspun. I planted seeds, watered and waited.  Then came all the growing. And [...]

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Grapevine Wreath Bird Feeder

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If you’ve ever been torn between the desire to tidy up the dead seed heads of spent summer blooms and the knowledge that you would be taking away a food source for wild birds, this is a project that will give you (and the birds) the best of both worlds. Trim back those spent blooms, [...]

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Build a Garden Bench from a Bed

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A place to sit is what turns your garden into a destination, a place to linger, a respite from the daily grind.  Seating transforms your yard into a parklike oasis where you can soak in the beauty of what you’ve labored to create. It also allows you to seat your family and friends in comfort [...]

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