Growing Cover Crops On Raised Beds
That is one of my garden beds. The plants your see are my cover crop, also called “green manure.” Cover crops are plants that are grown over the winter to …
Make Your Own Charlotte Olympia's Cat Shoes
These Chralotte Olympia Cat Velvet Flats are great looking. The problem? They cost $660. (Really??) Screw that. Make your own. Born By The Seine shows you how. The tutorial doesn’t …
Sweet Corn Ice Cream
I found a use for corncobs: use them to flavor ice cream. All you do is soak your corncobs in the dairy 24 hours before making the ice cream, like …
How To Make A Rag Rug
I’m considering making a rag rug. The idea is that you use strips of fabric to make a rug. I’ve never made one before, but it seems like a cool …
How To Make This Marie Antoinette Costume
Is it too late to make this Marie Antoinette costume? Maybe not, since the wig is made of paper. It starts out like this: Pretty clever. Click here to learn …
6 Things To Do With Pumpkin Seeds
So you’ve carved your Halloween jack-o-lantern, but what do you do with the pumpkin seeds? Throw them out? No! Those things are culinary gold. Or, if not gold, at least …
Last Minute Crocodile Costume
For a last-minute Halloween costume, go as a crocodile. All it takes a narrow cardboard box, butcher paper, tape, and tissue paper. Pretty cool.
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
Man, these Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins are tasty. Sweet and tender and just a little chocolatey. I used frozen roasted pumpkin I had in the freezer from last fall (got …
Owl Bookend and Eyeglasses Holder
I guess I love owls, because I love this Owl Bookend and Eyeglasses Holder. How cute would this be on a bedside table? It comes in mint, gray, and red. …
Harvesting Your Own Salt
Living on the California coast, I have thought once or twice about harvesting my own salt from the ocean. I haven’t tried it, mostly because I suspect that the amount …
Make Your Own Kale Chips
Almost by accident, I grew a lot of kale this year. I put a few seeds in the ground, and suddenly I had a ton of it. So I tried …