Is it OK to want to make everything out of copper now? I think so. After making the mini pot plant holder, I just had to create more. I’ve already told you about my obsession with plants, so naturally the next project was a way to bring a new plant into the house. This raised copper pot…
Gardening
How to use transfer paper // Tutorial
One of the trickiest things about working with vinyl (or any other material) is when you want to stick separate pieces onto your item, but need them to be in a specific place. Trying to move them once they are already sticky is a nightmare and if you don’t get them right it may just irritate you…
Budget garden pot DIY // Tutorial
We’ve had a skew lemon tree in our garden since we moved in. It may seem silly, but the fact that there was a lemon tree in the garden gave the house serious points when we were looking. Well, in my mind at least. I’ve always loved the idea of being able to go outside…
Vertical pallet garden // tutorial
So, for a few months I have really been wanting to try out the vertical pallet garden idea. Being busy and not having a pallet, made this a little tricky. However, I was given a pallet and decided that I needed to take some time out from work and do something useful that I just felt…
Salad time
It’s amazing how quickly you can start to make use of some plants after planting. We planted some lettuce about 18 days ago and today we made our first little salad with it. Looking forward to when more of the salad can come from the garden 🙂
It’s growing
The wind last week strained the little plants that we planted. But most are strong fighters! I think that we have lost 2 little basils and possibly 2 peppers, but I think the peppers have been killed by natural causes (i.e. snails!) The coriander seeds are doing great! I deliberately planted way more than I want, but…
Starting our vegetable and herb garden
So last weekend we decided it as time to get some veggies and herbs planted. I have always intended to be someone who has useful plants growing in my garden, so we will see how it goes 🙂 We bought some of these amazingly cool stacking pots. I intend to plant strawberries in the majority…