How To Cut Terracotta Pots the Right Way
One of the best things about living in South Africa is that we get to spend a lot of time outdoors, pottering around in the garden. So it’s no wonder…
One of the best things about living in South Africa is that we get to spend a lot of time outdoors, pottering around in the garden. So it’s no wonder…
We love recycling things and turning them into unusual planters. Forks, shoes, coconuts, broken wine glasses, pallet scraps, it doesn’t matter. They’re all fair game ;-) One of my favorite…
I seem to be on a mission to create planters for our ever-growing succulent collection. Don’t you just love them? Last week we turned a tree stump into a succulent…
Aren’t succulents just the best? A while back, we planted a whole bunch of Gasterias in our wine-glass coconut planters, and they’ve been making babies like crazy. Before things got…
Well hello there. Are you looking for an easy way to make a crate and turn it into a planter. This little one that we made from paint stirrers is…
I have this thing about forks, and apparently so does someone else. Most people complain that their teaspoons go missing. Not in our house. Nope, it’s always those darn forks.…
A while back we were given a whole box full of old rusty lanterns by a friend of ours. Love it when that happens :-) We managed to repurposed bits…
Talk about the luck of the Irish! My hubby has a closet full of shoes that he can’t wear anymore. Well, I don’t know if that’s actually lucky; you see,…
What is it with wine glasses? They always seem to break off near the stem when they drop. Which happens quite often in our house. Yup, we like to party.…
Hey there, how are you doing? It’s been a strange week here. The temperatures have yo-yo’ed between sweltering and freezing, which is very unusual for this time of the year.…
Gabion planters have been used for centuries to add interest to gardens and landscapes and they are surprisingly easy to make too. According to wiki they were first used by…
With Christmas just around the corner I really need to get my proverbial butt into gear and start making some gifts. I’m not a big fan of how commercial Christmas…