Planting a Pineapple
If you chop off the top of a pineapple and plant it, you can grow your own pineapple in 24 months. Tickled Red has step-by-step instructions. Have you tried planting a pineapple before? Any helpful tips? [via Pee-Wee Herman]
Gardening
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for hacking nature from plant grafting to building gardening tools and sprinklers.
Functioning Lego Greenhouse
Our own Rachel Hobson says: “This fantastic greenhouse made entirely of Lego bricks was just unveiled at the 2011 London Design Festival. Designed by Sebastian Bergne, it is made up of around 100,000 Lego bricks.”
Wolfie and the Sneak Botanical Prints
I’m head-over-heels for these gorgeous botanical prints by Wolfie and the Sneak. I am eating as many heirloom tomatoes as I can fit in my face these days, so the one on the left is particularly striking a chord! They also sell stunningly beautiful handmade wooden pinhole cameras (be still, my heart!), which secures their […]
World’s First Functioning Lego Greenhouse
This fantastic greenhouse made entirely of Lego bricks was just unveiled at the 2011 London Design Festival. Designed by Sebastian Bergne, it is made up of around 100,000 Lego bricks. The walls, the floors, and even the earth are all composed of either translucent or brown pieces, though the tomatoes, peppers, sunflowers, and other flora […]
Mason Jar Wall Planter
As canning season draws to a close this fall, I’m really digging Stacy from Not Just a Housewife’s take on the mason-jar-and-hose-clamp decorating fad. Her mason jar wall planter is simple, sturdy, and perfect for housing vine plants that usually like to hang, and also doubles as an easy way to use up some of […]
Plant Tissue Culturing at Home: Chris Normille
Chris Normile explains how easy it is to take genetic material from plants and reproduce specimens in jars at home. With many examples on hand at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, onlookers can learn how to become more empowered as gardeners by having more control of the types of plants they choose to cultivate. Subscribe […]
Backyard Fountain Tutorial
Here’s a great step-by-step from Hip House Girl on making a fountain for your backyard. A decorative pot and the sound of running water can make your garden even more feng shui and magical.
