Homemade BBQ Sauce
I get a lot of compliments about my barbecue sauce. It’s a good balance of salty, sweet, and spicy. It’s extremely easy to make, too. Here’s the recipe: Savvy BBQ …
Make Your Own Hot Dog Buns
Don’t you hate it when there are 6 hot dogs in the package and 8 hot dog buns in the package? The solution is to make your own buns. You …
Scarves Printed With Hubble Telescope Images
Check out these gorgeous scarves that have been printed with Hubble telescope images from Slow Factory. You can wear an image from space! $80-$200. [Incredible Things]
Lemon Lavender Cocktail
My newest concoction with DIY Cocktails is the Lemon Lavender Cocktail. We used lemon and lavender from my yard, champagne, gin, and some of the limoncello I recently made. (If …
Chalk Paint On A Filing Cabinet
Here’s a great way to get more out of that filing cabinet in your office: spray it with chalkboard paint. Great idea.
Controlling Aphids
[Courtesy Luc Viatour] Ugh. Aphids come in many colors. I’ve seen them in green, gray, black, white, and red. Sometimes they have wings and sometimes they don’t. Despite their changing …
3 Recycled Yard Projects
Here are 3 Recycled Yard Projects I found around the web: Got an old trampoline no one is using anymore? Turn it into a hammock. Hoses tend to break a …
Make Your Own English Muffins
Make Your Own English Muffins. Mmmm homemade eggs benedict…
Pink Collins Cocktail
If I were going to describe the latest drink I made with DIY Cocktails, I would describe it as a grapefruit and elderflower soda with a strawberry chaser. That is …
Five More Beneficial Insects
I’ve talked about beneficial insects as a means of pest control in the vegetable garden before. Without a doubt, getting natural predators to destroy pests for you is the easiest, …
Predatory Insects In the Garden
(Courtesy) This year, I have noticed a dramatic increase of ladybugs in my garden. I figured this was because of the dramatic number of aphids–and it probably is–but it may …