The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Sheila Higgins shows us how to create a cold frame to extend your gardening season: Cold frame gardening is a simple way to extend your harvest season, allowing for fresh crops year-round. The structure consists of a bottomless box that sits on the soil and a glass “light”. Construction is easy–the cold frame can be […]
If you’re in NYC, the OneZero MFA Design and Technology Thesis Symposium is not to be missed. OneZero is the annual thesis show brought to you by the graduating class of the MFA Design and Technology program at Parsons the New School for Design. Projects exhibited through both analog and digital mediums include interactive installations, […]
It’s Earth Day again and what better way to observe it than to use our skills to make it a slightly better place? It’s not hard to rewire that lamp or refurbish an old piece of furniture. Here are a couple repair tips gleaned from our @make_tips Twitter account: How to save your cell phone […]
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
Here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Click on the jump to see East Coast and international call for vendors. Coming Up This Weekend: Vintage and Handmade Spring Fair […]
By Katie Goodman Spring is the prime time for planting greens and lettuces. One of my favorites to plant is spinach. There are several great benefits of growing spinach. Spinach easily grows in a pot, whatever size you’d like — big or small — which is great for apartment dwellers or people who prefer to […]
Our new Bazaar is up focused on all things gardening, like these lovely herb garden plant markers by Nina Gibson Designs. (You can visit Bazaar or any of our other sections anytime via the gray sub-navigation above.) As an added treat today, Susan Beal brings us two great garden book reviews, Growing Vegetables West of […]
