Two laundry hampers exist in this house. One for clean clothes and the other for dirty laundry. The dirty laundry basket, made from hemp, started coming apart some months ago. The bottom is hanging on to the rest of the basket which doesn’t seem to want anything to do with the bottom. I thought long…
Tag: DIY
kitchen hydroponics (round 2)
Hi Visitor, Happy ‘almost’ summer! I wanted to share with you another little kitchen hydroponics time-lapse I made with my old iPhone. Growing certain things in your kitchen is so easy. Green onions, for instance, beg to be grown in water. The moment their roots touch water they start pushing upwards. I started them in…
micro-harvest with kitchen hydroponics
When I go grocery shopping and I see vegetables packaged in plastic it stresses me out quite a bit. I’ve stopped going to the local supermarket for this very reason. Other supermarkets like Sprouts and Whole Foods don’t use as much plastic for their fresh produce but jeeze! – the cost. Whole Foods ain’t cheap…
black magic re-potting
Last weekend, I bought a Black Magic plant at my nursery. It’s commonly called ‘taro’, and from what I’ve read online, it’s in the arum family and is related to the calla lily. The Black Magic plant is very beautiful. It has large velvet-like purple-y black leaves. When I bought it, it was healthy but…
process
Some time ago, I decided to paint the shower-curtains for two bathrooms in my house. I did a blog post (decisions, decisions) asking for readers’ votes on which designs they preferred. This design was the one most people liked. For this project, I used two kinds of paint: acrylic and flashe. Flashe paint is new…
decisions, decisions
A few months ago, I moved into a new house. The house is cool and airy, with a good vibe. It has three bathrooms. Two are not really used, though. One has really great light – with a north facing window. The other has NO natural light coming in – no windows. Both are white…