Category: Gardening

DIY Table Top Greenhouse

DIY Table Top Greenhouse

DIY Table Top Greenhouse The perfect little greenhouse for the urban gardener with limited space. Small enough to fit on a patio or balcony and portable if you need to move. Great for those with small needs, bad backs, or space limitations. Get the material list and instructions at the featured link below from Dremel, …

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DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse

DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Recycled Carport Greenhouse There isn’t really any debate on how useful a greenhouse can be to your food security long or short term. But there are literally hundreds of types some commercially made and some DIY. This particular one uses a recycled old carport as it’s base. Part …

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DIY Cedar 8X8 Greenhouse Kit

DIY Cedar 8X8 Greenhouse Kit

DIY Cedar 8X8 Greenhouse Kit Love this greenhouse kit! It’s quaint enough yet urban enough to fit nicely into any landscape. Made of cedar and best of all in kit so that you get the satisfaction of DIY without having to do all the cutting and planning. Having a greenhouse at your disposal is the …

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The AquaSprout Indoor Aquaponic Garden

The AquaSprout Indoor Garden

IIThe AquaSprout Indoor Aquaponic Garden As the summer gardening season winds down many of us are now looking toward off season gardens. You might find this aquaponic small indoor garden to be just the ticket. If you don’t have a large enough backyard for a greenhouse or perhaps no backyard at all the AquaSprout Garden …

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DIY 8X8 Greenhouse

DIY 8X8 Greenhouse

DIY 8X8 Greenhouse Now while the weather is fair in most parts of the western world is when you need to be thinking and planning for the harsher weather to come. If you simply love gardening, rely on the food security of gardening or are making sure you are fed in an emergency scenario when …

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Uses for Corn Silk With Recipes

Uses for Corn Silk With Recipes

Uses for Corn Silk With Recipes (3 links) I love making use that we would ordinarily throw out! Corn silk is the hair that is between the corn husk and the corn kernels. It can be annoyingly difficult to remove. I have spent hours of my life picking corn silk off freshly husked corn. Until …

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DIY Coop-Style Greenhouse

DIY Coop-Style Greenhouse

DIY Coop-Style Greenhouse I really just like the coop-style of this greenhouse. It could fit into any landscape and handle a small number of plants. Good prep or preservation of the less cold resistance plants from your garden. It’s rated as a beginner to intermediate skill level and the plans are free. Linked below from …

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DIY Double Decker Recycled Swing Set Greenhouse

DIY Double Decker Recycled Swing Set Greenhouse

DIY Double Decker Recycled Swing Set Greenhouse I really like this idea. I like that it uses recycled materials but allows you to later reuse those materials as originally intended. As your own children or grandchildren out grow the swing set, you can convert it to a double decker green house and when the next …

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Mosquito Repellent Device

Mosquito Repellent Device

Mosquito Repellent Device This is another of my recent gear considerations. My daughter’s have been bugging me to get a couple of these for several camping seasons. I felt that if they stopped with the scented products while we were in the woods or near the water, they wouldn’t suffer so from mosquito bites and …

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Herb Ladder Garden

Herb Ladder Garden

Herb Ladder Garden This is a neat little project for a herb garden. It doesn’t take up a lot of space, and appears to be an easy inexpensive build. Even less cost if you are able to use scrap wood and left over paint from other projects. I like the idea that it can sit …

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