Sunday, 9 February 2014
Muffin Tin Planters
As spring gets underway, live plants abound both indoors and out. A neat
way to plant some green in the kitchen is with a baking tool: a muffin
tin!The wells in a muffin tin are the perfect size for holding small
live plants directly from the nursery flat. Choose a moss as shown or
even plant herbs in an old tin and keep it in your kitchen. Water the
plants by misting. If you're using a muffin tin long-term for small
plants, repurpose and old tin and consider punching holes in the bottom
of each well.
EASY small green house
This is portable green house and is great to start small seeds or small vegetables (such as herbs)
Fast to make and super economic
YOU WILL NEED
1. Plastic can or barrel (white is best
2. Transparent or semi transparent plastic sheet
3. 4 screws with nuts
4. 4 little pieces of plywood about an inch by and inch
5. bike inner tube or an old hose
6. duck tape
Jugsaw
Drill
Thanks gardening world for the photos
Fast to make and super economic
YOU WILL NEED
1. Plastic can or barrel (white is best
2. Transparent or semi transparent plastic sheet
3. 4 screws with nuts
4. 4 little pieces of plywood about an inch by and inch
5. bike inner tube or an old hose
6. duck tape
Jugsaw
Drill
Thanks gardening world for the photos
Getting clean water
In a life and death situation this would be great to know and I know I would have cloth so lets hope I could find containers lol
Take a piece of fabric and place one end in the dirty water and the other in another container and yes you will get clean water
Take a piece of fabric and place one end in the dirty water and the other in another container and yes you will get clean water
Candle Light When Camping
I love this idea when camping or when you need more light in a black out
Take a soda can , cut it open in the front and place your tealight candle inside.
You get a stronger light and breeze is not a hassle
Take a soda can , cut it open in the front and place your tealight candle inside.
You get a stronger light and breeze is not a hassle
Small space washing machines
This is such a great way to hide a washing machine in your kitchen and why was it nit around when I lived in a small apartment
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Circular needle storage
Can’t get any easier than this, the 15-minute circular needle holder.
Stuff you need
Cotton spools, wooden would look better
Approx 1 1/2 – 2 yards fishing wire
Permanent markers (I used a silver paint pen and a sharpie)
Scraps of yarn or fabric
Glue (hot glue gun was weapon of choice for me)
Note on the spools – mine have 1/4″ hole which fits up to a US size 10 needle. This was adequate for me, but if you require ones for larger sizes you can drill or use a needle file to enlarge the opening, or look for a larger diameter spool.
What to do with it
First, label all your spools with the appropriate needle size. For my end spools I wound a piece of scrap yarn around the spool and secured it with a dot of glue. A piece of fabric cut to size would also look nice. You could obviously embellish these however you like. I went with simplicity (also known as “easy”). Next cut a length of wire about 1 1/2 – 2 yards long, I just kinda eyeballed it. Thread wire though first spool and hold in half so both lengths of wire are equal. Following the diagram below, weave the wire in and out of each spool.
Then, once the last spool is wired on, twist the remaining two wire lengths around each other and fold into a hook shape. Trim ends and load up with all those unruly needles.
FANTASTIC
Thanks to pieknits for the tutorial and photos
Stuff you need
Cotton spools, wooden would look better
Approx 1 1/2 – 2 yards fishing wire
Permanent markers (I used a silver paint pen and a sharpie)
Scraps of yarn or fabric
Glue (hot glue gun was weapon of choice for me)
Note on the spools – mine have 1/4″ hole which fits up to a US size 10 needle. This was adequate for me, but if you require ones for larger sizes you can drill or use a needle file to enlarge the opening, or look for a larger diameter spool.
What to do with it
First, label all your spools with the appropriate needle size. For my end spools I wound a piece of scrap yarn around the spool and secured it with a dot of glue. A piece of fabric cut to size would also look nice. You could obviously embellish these however you like. I went with simplicity (also known as “easy”). Next cut a length of wire about 1 1/2 – 2 yards long, I just kinda eyeballed it. Thread wire though first spool and hold in half so both lengths of wire are equal. Following the diagram below, weave the wire in and out of each spool.
Then, once the last spool is wired on, twist the remaining two wire lengths around each other and fold into a hook shape. Trim ends and load up with all those unruly needles.
FANTASTIC
Thanks to pieknits for the tutorial and photos
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Cheese making workshops with Lyndall Dykes
BEST COURSE EVER and it teaches you how to live on less and live well.
I did a one day cheese making workshop with Lyndall Dykes and I have to say it would have the be the best course I have ever done and in my many years on this earth I have done a few lol
There are a couple of reasons I did Lyndalls cheese making course, and they are the price as it was under $200 for the day and it was a ONE DAY WORKSHOP not a two day workshop. I have found that two day workshops are exhausting so I try and avoid them. I have made three lots of cheese since I arrived home and love it, plus I am amazed at how easy it is to remember what I was shown and honestly the notes we are given are kind of idiot proof lol. I would recommend this workshop to anyone and would love to know if anyone has done a cheese making course and what you think of what you learned.
check out her web page
http://thecheesemakingworkshop.com.au/
I did a one day cheese making workshop with Lyndall Dykes and I have to say it would have the be the best course I have ever done and in my many years on this earth I have done a few lol
There are a couple of reasons I did Lyndalls cheese making course, and they are the price as it was under $200 for the day and it was a ONE DAY WORKSHOP not a two day workshop. I have found that two day workshops are exhausting so I try and avoid them. I have made three lots of cheese since I arrived home and love it, plus I am amazed at how easy it is to remember what I was shown and honestly the notes we are given are kind of idiot proof lol. I would recommend this workshop to anyone and would love to know if anyone has done a cheese making course and what you think of what you learned.
check out her web page
http://thecheesemakingworkshop.com.au/
Cheese Ball
This is easy, looks great and tastes great.
you will need in a bowl
you will need in a bowl
- cream cheese, room temp
- cheddar cheese ( if you want to add it)
- 3 tbsp minced onion
- 3 tbsp salsa
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 cups nacho cheese chips, crumbled, or corn flakes or even crushed nuts and salty ones are great
- top of 1 bell pepper for stem garnish
- 1. With a mixer, combine cream cheese, cheddar, onion, salsa and cumin. Mix until creamy.
2. Scoop mixture onto plastic wrap and use wrap to form a ball and chill for at least 2 hours.
3. When ready to serve, roll ball into the crushed nacho chips and place
bell pepper stem on top. Serve with chips, vegetables or pretzels!
Thanks to Cory from Family fresh meals for the instructions and photos, loved this
Watermelon Cake
watermelon cake .
Sooo good. cut the watermellon into a cylinder (cutting ioff each end) . whip up a chilled can of coconut cream (set aside the water first) with 3 tablespoons of sugar. Spread the coconut cream over the watermellon sides and then into add some toasted coconut or almonds. .
Cover top with remaining cream and top it all off with your choice of fruit (I used Banana and pineapple.
OUTSTANDING and very healthy looks great, tastes great
The quiet achiever
Sooo good. cut the watermellon into a cylinder (cutting ioff each end) . whip up a chilled can of coconut cream (set aside the water first) with 3 tablespoons of sugar. Spread the coconut cream over the watermellon sides and then into add some toasted coconut or almonds. .
Cover top with remaining cream and top it all off with your choice of fruit (I used Banana and pineapple.
OUTSTANDING and very healthy looks great, tastes great
The quiet achiever
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