Winter is not quite your salad-friendly season, but with a little bit of effort and some advice from our website, you will be able to successfully grow salads indoors during winter. Everything from leafy herbs to almost any type of salads, like lettuce, arugula, kale, or various greens, like spinach, chard or beets, you will be able to harvest any of them if you follow through with this simple how to. There are a few tricks you should remember in order to make the indoor process work as it would outdoors in a real garden. For instance, in an interval of each 7 to 10 days, make sure you water the plants with a mix of fish emulsion and seaweed which you can buy at your local garden store. Continue reading “How To Easily Grow Salads Indoors in Winter” »
If you’re looking to reconnect with nature, this is the natural get-a-way experience for you. Glass walls give you a panoramic view. A short walk across the bridge takes you to all the amenities of a full bath and kitchenette. An unforgettable experience! The Glass House is a unique getaway retreat hidden in the beautiful hills of southwest Wisconsin’s Ocooch Mountains. Continue reading “The Glass House: A Cabin in the Woods” »
Anyone with a chicken coop in their backyard knows how hard it is to make it look pretty and in accordance with the rest of the design. The long way from ordinary and regular coops to beautifully decorated ones has been crossed by passionate people with creative ideas, like the one featured in this project. Turning your coop into a beautiful penthouse for hens will benefit not only the chickens – which will live a more stress-free life – but for your kids as well: building such a nice structure will teach them to take care after helpless creatures. Continue reading “The Chicken Coop” »
If you would like to have fresh herbs in your kitchen all the time, without having to spend money on them, try and create this vertical herb planter. The cool thing about this planter is that it doesn’t occupy a lot of space and you can put in almost anywhere in your home. The planter will have removable shelves, so you can move the plants from one place to the other and even leave more space for others that require a larger area in order to grow. You will need pieces of wood that need to be assembled in the shape of the planter from the pictures. You can buy pre-cut wood, so it will be easier to work with it that way. Take a look at the video below Continue reading “How to Build a Vertical Herb Planter” »
Candies are not something you might first think to make at home, but there are recipes for achieving a tasty result with not plenty. Some powdered sugar, cream cheese and butter will be sufficient for your skillful hands to design into a bowl of delicious candy! Learn how to make about 60 pieces of buttercreams in your own home, depending on how big you want the balls of sweetness to be. You can even vary the flavor used in each. Read the necessary steps and some 3 hours and 40 minutes later you would be richer with a Continue reading “Sweet Smooth Buttercreams” »
We’re sure some sport fans are also keen on homemade food. There is something of a connection between watching a sporting event on TV and making some creative dish in the kitchen. That’s why we thought of a nice treat for the next time you’ll be watching your favorite team try and get a win. These bear biscuits aren’t hard to make. Sure, you have to pay attention to some little details. But the trick that will make your little sweet bear treats look more like football players lies in a simple ingredient: almonds. You can buy packs of them in the store and simply place them in the hands of the bear-shaped biscuits. Follow the recipe and check out the Continue reading “Rugby Football Bear Biscuits” »
Living in the wild doesn’t imply living without any comfort. The beautiful outdoor scene you are viewing through this website is possible due to the exquisite work of Swaback partners. A big sky family retreat might be just the perfect place to catch a relaxing breath of fresh air and get closer to nature without having to give away your standard of comfort. Because of the wide open land all around the residence, space is the center of the interior design and the high ceilings help a lot in this direction. Continue reading “Family Cabin Retreat” »
Clothing for children seems to be a highly profitable business nowadays. Popular designers compete with each other to grab people’s attention and also the contents of their wallets in the process. The DIY solution can always represent a good and affordable alternative. Baby clothes are more easy to make at home instead of buying some items from the store, mainly because you haven’t got a lot of work to do and little materials to use. At the same time, this pair of handmade crochet baby shoes we suggest for the purpose mentioned above, Continue reading “Adorable Chili/Elf Baby Shoes – Free Pattern” »
Adopting a sustainable way of gardening can be hard at first especially if you are in this business for a long time. But there are so many great tips and tricks that can help you develop a new gardening habit, one that would be an organic way. Using chemical free processes will benefit both you and the ones who consume the products from your garden. Also growing your own food is a huge advantage, as you will save a lot of money that you would otherwise spend at the market and also have a better control of each product that Continue reading “82 Sustainable Gardening Tips” »
