All Blog Posts Tagged 'DIY' (11)

Spring has sprung in my little corner of Western Pennsylvania and I am super excited for all my projects and ideas for the future.  My first project this spring is more raised beds for vegetables.

 

Last year I removed some bushes from around the house and put in some raised beds.

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Here is a sweet and simple tutorial utilizing something you may already  have at home: a pair of vintage hankies. 

Simply affix some elastic to the corner of each and hang from hooks decorated with vintage buttons.  …

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In this DIY project, I will show you how to build a self-watering container for your vegetable gardening.

There are many benefits to container gardening and this project takes it one step further. An internal reservoir allows the soil to naturally wick up water to the roots of the plant. Top gardening tips will tell you to never let your plants get too…

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On Saturday October 29^th, I along with other weather-hardy Farm Aid staffers, traveled through rain, wind, snow, and hail to New York City to Occupy Against Big Food.

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To circulate the air in our house on hotter days, we use a Honeywell commercial-grade fan. It has been in our service for about 4 years & each summer, we've had at least a couple weeks where it was pushed to its mechanical limits. About a week ago, the blades would no longer turn when switching the fan on. Instead, we'd hear an electrical hum of the motor trying to soldier through.



At that point, I assessed our options: 1 - consider it dead & purchase a replacement, 2 - take it… Continue

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Lots of fun ideas on gardening, DIY, recipes, food preservation, and sustainability.

 

Urban Harvest Project

I repaired 2 sections of my fence last weekend - and made a time-lapse video.









Accomplished with lots of help from a neighbor and ACL Mike. Music is 'The Empress and the Ukraine King' by Can… Continue

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CJ

This past weekend, the hubby and I drove down to NYC for the Brooklyn Food Conference - a volunteer-organized gathering of food activists and curious eaters. Like Meredith said in her post, there were waaaaay too many workshops to attend (70! In one day!), 3000 people came eager and left energized.

The highlights for me:

Workshop I: Workshop… Continue

First, I must say that I LOVE to cook. I picked up most of it from my Mother. I believe it is definitely an art - creating something yourself and getting to watch others enjoy it.. wonderful feeling.



So I made and baked my first bread this past Friday. It turned out wonderful! Now, I am hooked. I want to make everything from scratch! Not only do you save money, but I feel it is a whole new level of creating something beautiful with your own hands.



This morning I made… Continue

I finally had some time over the holidays to build a couple of workbenches for the garage. I used the plans here: http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/workshop/bench/below20xl.htm

They are cheap, easy to build, and sturdy enough to stand on.