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How-to: Herb Graveyard

This ghoulishly pragmatic Herb Graveyard project was posted on Instructables by an author who goes by, PenfoldPlant. This is a simple, if slightly morbid, way to make use of the patches of soil that are visible before your herbs have sprouted. It also provides attractive labels for the herbs once they are fully grown. Well, […]

Etsy’s Mustard How-To

Mustard is not only a killer color, but it is also quite the coveted condiment. Instead of reliving those old Gray Poupon commercials I love the idea of making my own from scratch. Sadly my wimpy palate would need to go easy on the black seeds, but I can custom make my mustard to the […]

Sexy Pumpkins

I’m not sure how we missed this last year, but Gina Provenzano over at Shelterpop wrote up this easy and entertaining how-to on making your pumpkins a little bit sexier than you might have thought possible. Just use old stockings! I’m definitely gonna buy a few extra pumpkins and, er, try this on for size… […]

Homemade Play Kitchen

Erin Woodward, who runs the blog Sutton Grace, has created a fabulous play kitchen for her daughter out of an old entertainment center. You know, the kind you see for sale at almost every garage sale you’ve ever been to in the burbs. Although the one she used in her reuse project was a bit […]