Centerpieces for Pantries AmpleHarvest.org contacted me to help out with a very special project they run throughout the holiday season. It’s called Centerpieces for Food Pantries. The concept is fun and simple: forgo a floral holiday centerpiece and make an edible one that can be donated to a food pantry after your festivities. This is… Read More
Lotion Bar Redo For many years I gave my mother-in-law a tube of Gardener’s Hand Therapy from Crabtree and Eveyln. She loved the stuff; it was the only lotion that keep her hands moisturized and help heal her skin after long hours working in the garden. Last year, I switched it up and made lotion… Read More
DIY Plant Labels Do you need some inspiration on making you own plant labels for the garden this year? Look no further. Hometalk asked me to curate a plant label board. Included in the board is my now famous Mason Jar Lid Plant Label tutorial. Hometalk has featured the mason jar plant labels a couple of times… Read More
Getting Your Kid Into Bird Watching How do you start? Observe. We always had a bird feeder in our yard. Our boys walk by our front kitchen window and stop several times a day to watch the birds feed. They are also involved with filling the feeders and cleaning up the mess the birds leave… Read More
An At-Home Conservation Project For The World The Great Backyard Bird Count is a project of Cornell Lab of Ornithology and The National Audubon Society, in which everyday people, wherever on earth they are, count the numbers and species of birds they observe. This annual event takes place each February over a four day period.… Read More