The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for hacking nature from plant grafting to building gardening tools and sprinklers.
By Future Craft Collective When springtime hits, the desire to bring some of nature’s beauty inside is relentless — and easy too. Especially here in Central Texas, where Ladybird Johnson left her mark on the world in the form of wildflowers on every roadside in the state. Bluebonnets kick it off in March and from […]
Seeded paper is a fun way to garden, and I love this plantable paper flower tutorial! The flowers that turn into flowers would make a perfect bouquet for Mother’s Day. Or you could make her a card or drawing using the gorgeous handmade plantable seed paper from the Green Field Paper Company we just reviewed […]
On the last day of Bloom month, I want to share my favorite gardening blog. The Cheap Vegetable Gardener is thrifty and innovative, and all about automation. His projects include computerized grow boxes, and this neat LED project. And for the CVG, its all about the bottom line. He makes like with this screen door […]
The Flora Grubb Gardens blog (San Francisco, CA) has a stunning archive of vertical succulent gardens they have helped to create. To me they resemble an airplane view of some incredibly lush, almost alien, landscape.
I love orchids. They’re a wonderful way to bring blooms and greenery indoors and they’re not as hard to raise as people seem to think — you just need consistency and the right window. They also need to be repotted once they start climbing out of their pots. Here’s how! (This tutorial is for an […]
There is literally a rainbow of colors in bloom right now. I even have yellow violets! I didn’t plant these native lovelies, they just volunteered. I took a walk through my gardens today, and want you to pretend you came with me for the tour!
By Julie Jackson I have long been fascinated and impressed by the many talents of Gayla Trail: gardener extraordinaire, photographer, writer, columnist, speaker, veritable font of creativity. You may know Gayla as the creator of the leading online gardening community, You Grow Girl (also the title of her first book). You may know her from […]
