The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for hacking nature from plant grafting to building gardening tools and sprinklers.
Kristin Roach has just released Issue 3 of her independently-published Craft Leftovers Monthly zine. This issue is about Spring becoming Summer, and contains how-to’s for: Making a curtain out of peas Raising chicks Building a compost bin Making an herb coil basket Using DIY cleaners Collecting and making tea from the most notorious weed – […]
Retired high school art teacher Dolores Duenez makes interesting (and slightly unnerving) planters out of antique doll heads. A few years ago, I was given a box of unfinished doll heads from a doll maker’s estate sale. I used some of the heads for still-life set ups in the classroom, and the rest I placed […]
Brett Bara’s latest project over on Design*Sponge is this cute gardening apron. This simple work apron will do the trick, keeping your gloves, seed packets and shears at your fingertips while you work in the garden. It’s super easy to sew using nothing but a few simple straight seams, so even if you’re just a […]
With the flowers finally beginning to bloom here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m loving these cheery fabric-covered clay pots by Christine Chitnis. Couldn’t you see these as a pretty packaging for a gift of assorted bulbs? (Via Tip Junkie)
At MAKE, we’ve featured our fair share of skid-based projects, but I really like this particularly green pallet project by Fern at Life on the Balcony. She created an excellent and detailed step-by-step guide on how to turn a pallet into a vertical garden. [via Recyclart] More: Garden pallet work table Pallet-based compost bin Pallet […]
Whether you are an avid gardener or don’t have an ounce of green in your thumb, succulents are the perfect plant for you.
Celebrate spring! These clever Sweet Sprouts cupcake toppers would be the perfect way to hail those green leaves pushing there way out of the dirt into the sunshine. What better excuse for a party? (Via Aesthetic Outburst.)
