8 Easy Whimsical Garden Ideas
Today I want to share with you some of my favorite ideas for creating a whimsical garden. What’s a whimsical garden? Well, it’s a type …
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How to Make DIY Cold Brew Tea Bags
One of the things that finally helped me kick my soda habit was learning to always keep a pitcher of iced tea of varying types …
How to Make Homegrown Edible Flower Grazing Platters
Long grazing platters, a luxuriously bountiful counter to the restriction of diet culture, are one of the hottest food trends of recent years. In this …
Easy Recipes to Make in an Airbnb Kitchen (International or USA)
Perhaps one of the hardest parts of long-term travel is the care and feeding of my own body. What’s familiar and second-nature back home, …
Free Felt Food Pattern: Making a Felt Meatball and No-Tangle Spaghetti Play Set
One of my favorite recent felt craft food projects is this felt spaghetti and meatballs play set that I made for my niece this …
Turning a Birdcage into a Hanging Basket Planter – Tutorial & Tips
This vintage birdcage makes a unique hanging basket featuring small shade-loving plants and a vintage bird figurine. One element of creating a whimsical …
How to Prevent Honey from Crystallizing (or Fix Aready Crystallized Honey)
A spoonful of a product you probably already have in your cabinet can prevent (or reverse) the chemical process that causes crystallized honey. Honey is …
How to Make Small Bouquets of Flowers
One of the easiest ways to add style, beauty, and warmth to a space is with fresh flowers. In my 20’s, when I thought of …
How to Make Bouquets from Herb Flowers & Native Plants
Hawk Hill’s gardens are home to many flowering plants, but by late summer in Missouri, there’s not much that hasn’t gone to seed, so …
Foodsaver Hacks: 5 New Ways You Didn’t Know You Could Use a Foodsaver
I purchased a Foodsaver in 2011 after finally being convinced to buy it by a friend who said it was the only small appliance she …
Favorite Things – Spring 2015
Lately I am enjoying more photography and appreciation of small delights around Hawk Hill. In this spring “Favorite Things” posts I got herb bouquets, art, …
How to Build a DIY Sawhorse Table for $25
My furniture shopping pet peeve is that the price tag rarely reflects quality- more often the price reflects the cost of shipping from a manufacturing …
Hacking Ikea’s Fejka Potted Plant to Fit in Standard Houseplant Planters
I love Ikea’s small, $3.99 potted Fejka plants for shelf fillers. Most of the time, the standard 4″ pot size is perfect for dropping into …
Applying Roundup Pesticide with a Sponge Applicator | Easy Permanent Weed Control
Hawk Hill’s fences are draped with heavily scented honeysuckle vines, humming-bird enticing trumpet vines, and deep emerald toned Virginia Creeper. Unfortunately, these vines which so …
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