Orange Marmalade
My orange tree is giving me a lot of oranges this year, so I decided to make orange marmalade. I’m pleased with how it came out. I used Alton Brown’s …
How I Made Blackberry Jam For $.69 A Jar
This year, I took a lunch hour to pick some berries from a patch down the road and got a pretty good haul. Since Savvy Jr. has been eating a …
Make Your Own Olla
I’ve talked about irrigating your garden with clay pots before. You can use an unglazed terracotta pot called an olla, which you bury in the ground and fill with water. …
Make Your Own Standard English Bitter Beer
Last year, I Grew My Own Hops. You may be wondering what we did with those hops. Well, we made a Standard English Bitter with them. The below recipe is …
Black Walnut Manhattan
Speaking of making your own nocino, here’s a cocktail using nocino that I made with DIY Cocktails. The Black Walnut Manhattan is a traditional Manhattan that uses nocino in place …
What To Do With Broken Jewelry: Make Gemstone Bobby Pins
If you find yourself with broken jewelry, here’s a great what to recycle them: Turn them into Gemstone Bobby Pins. This project is pretty simple. Take the necklace apart, arrange …
Save Money Update: Fossil Purse and JLab Headphones
Making companies replace things that malfunction feels like a full-time job around here. I’ll kept it up, though. As you remember, my new year’s resolution was to Save Money By …
Oliver The Elephant Snack Bowl
So cute: Oliver The Elephant Snack Bowl. $20.99
10 Delicious Plum Desserts
My neighbors gave me four bags of plums. I’ve already frozen some and made plum jam, and now it’s time to make a plum dessert. Which one should I do? …
$10 Thrift Store Cabinet Makeover
Check out this $10 Thrift Store Cabinet Makeover. A lot of times you’ll see old cabinets in thrifts stores with good bones except for the ugly 1970s brick-a-bract on the …
Penny Pinching Tip: The Best Way To Keep Salad Greens Fresh
The Kitchn tested three ways to store salad greens to see which method kept them fresh the longest. They tried putting them in a puffed up bag, wrapping them in …