How-To: Fabric Printing With Veggies
If you’ve got some plain fabric in need of some custom printing, then grab some veggies and remedy the situation with this handy tutorial from inhabitat.
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The Cheap Vegetable Gardener LED Grow Box
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 […]
My Visit to The Seed Bank
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has long been a resource for heirloom and rare seeds. They have a very comprehensive online shop, but in 2009 they decided to open a storefront in the building of an old bank in downtown Petaluma. It is one of the most beautiful and inspiring shops I have ever visited. Filled […]
Table Centerpieces on the Cheap
Minoo Hersini, an event planner, interior decorator, floral designer, and fashion designer, has come up with some clever ways to use vegetables, grasses, and fruit to make your centerpieces unique, beautiful, and cheap. She uses everything from radishes to green tomatoes to fancy beans to grasses to artichokes. Her stuff looks amazing, but I wondered […]
Real Simple Food Calculators
Real Simple magazine has some helpful interactive tools on their site. Of my two favorites, one is the Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Tool, which not only tells you what produce is in season, but also tells you how to buy, store, and cook each fruit and vegetable. The Food Expiration Tool helps you look up […]
Celery stamped gift wrap
Looking for just the right salad fixings and wrapping paper at the same time? How about celery stamped gift wrap? If you plan it right, you can have your vegetables do double duty. While you are at it, you might want to check out the rest of the referring site, a source of lots of […]
Artful vegetables
Chinese artist Ju Duoqi has recreated Western masterpieces in vegetables to amazing effect. “In the summer of 2006, I bought a few kilograms of peas, and sat there quietly for two days peeling them, before stringing them on a wire and turning them into a skirt, a top, a headdress and a magic wand. I […]
