Garlic After Harvest Fresh garlic must be cured before long-term storage. Braiding is a convenient and attractive way to bundle fresh soft neck garlic for both curing and storage, without buying, saving or storing the all-too-often used alternative: plastic bags. Braids afford efficient use of vertical space in storage, and they make an awesome gift…
DIY Pine Cone Swag Hello all! For time to time I blog over at Garden Therapy. I wanted to share a recent holiday theme project I created using foraged items from my own backyard. It’s an easy DIY that will take less that half an hour. This pinecone swag is perfect for hanging on a…
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…
It’s Time for Fall! Ok, well technically it isn’t fall just yet. However, it’s after Labor Day and our fall garden in the ground, so I think it’s safe to break out the fall themed recipes and crafts 🙂 Many of you know that Mark and I are freelance writers. We both write for HGTV…
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…