Heart Balloon Planter
This heart planter is just too cute. Well, not too cute, just right cute. PrettyRandomObjects is on the front page of etsy today, and I’m not surprised.
Gardening
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for hacking nature from plant grafting to building gardening tools and sprinklers.
My Own Moss Terrarium
For my birthday last Friday, CRAFT Contributing Writer Brookelynn Morris gave me some moss and other naturey bits from her neighborhood in northern California. This may seem strange, but the only natrurey bits I can find around my neighborhood in Brooklyn involve garbage and concrete, especially this time of the year when its too cold […]
Vertical Drawer-Style Herb Garden
John Baichtal @ MAKE points us to this rad apartment-sized vertical herb garden. I think even I have space for this!
How-To: Make a Mossarium
Jessamyn West is guestblogging over on boingboing, and she put up a nice piece on how to create a thriving indoor environment for moss. It really is as easy as she makes it look. I’m obsessed with the soft fuzzy green stuff in all its forms, and I’m happy to see this humble plant getting […]
Clever die makes biodegradable seedling pots from newspaper
The “PotMaker,” from Toronto herb gardeners Richter’s, is a two-part hardwood die that makes it easy to manufacture disposable, biodegradable pots for starting seedlings. The pots are made from strips of newspaper and don’t have to be removed before planting. Anja Bartlett has posted a phototutorial demonstrating its use; if you’re interested in buying one consider getting it through her site!
Make, Not Bake, a Forest Cake
It’s a holiday vacation week at O’Reilly Media, the parent of Craftzine. And in that vein, I’m taking a smidge of a break today from creating DIY’s. Instead I am sharing my first-ever, and perhaps most favorite, project that I wrote while I was still just guest blogging for Craftzine. This forest centerpiece is so […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Beekeeper Gift Guide
by Cameo Wood I opened my beekeeping store in downtown San Francisco in June, and I’ve found that everyone loves beekeepers or bees, and that beekeepers are serious makers. What they can’t find to buy, they generally end up building. I’ve also been stocking my store with the beekeeper in mind, and here are some […]
