The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for hacking nature from plant grafting to building gardening tools and sprinklers.
The Crafy Chica Garden Glam Challenge is all about the bling! Plants and flowers are the inspiration, the goal is to bring the colorful, sparkly sprit of the Crafty Chica to your gardens, potted plants, and of course, gardening accessories. Stretch your imagination, and let your creativity, and the glitter, flow! There are fabulous prizes […]
I am obsessed with all flowers. I love peonies, roses, tiger lillies, wildflowers, and orchids equally, and when faced with the decision to choose just a few for my wedding, I balked. My taste in flowers changes from moment to moment, and I truly couldn’t play favorites. So, to avoid conflict, I skipped them all. […]
I’ve seen spoon jewelry and napkin rings, but these spoon garden markers are so charming! I love the hand-stamped lettering and the mixture of spoon shapes. Who would have thought that the spoon’s curve would flatten so nicely as to make a perfect place for words! (I must admit a giggle though when I saw […]
By Jessica Wilson I don’t know if you’ve heard or not, but my mister and I are hitting the road at the end of the month and we will be leaving our wee garden behind for good. I’m quite attached to the garden — it has provided us with oodles of fresh greens, herbs, fruit […]
Lady Bank’s Rose is a delicate evergreen rose with tiny, puffy yellow flowers. Currently one is just breaking into bloom above the CRAFT and MAKE offices. The best thing about this evergreen beauty is that she is thornless. Thornless! Lady Bank’s is a vigorous climber and flowers freely throughout spring and summer. It’s easy to […]
Wisteria is just one of many amazing plants that cover the offices and the grounds, and it is a classic flower that has long been a favorite of artists, poets, and romantics.The main entrance to each building on the O’Reilly Media campus is covered with huge clusters of flowers that hang down from massive vines. […]
Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, or download the m4v video. In this week’s CRAFT Video, I show you how to set up a hydroponic herb garden on my rooftop in Brooklyn. Hydroponic gardening uses water more efficiently than traditional soil gardening, and is also a lot less messy for urban apartment dwellers. It’s […]
