Today I have a cute little craft using very simple hand embossing on copper and aluminium tooling foil that creates a beautiful more rustic look for spring with these Copper and Aluminium embossed flowers. I have these beauties in my kitchen, but they would look great anywhere, even outside.
Info on Metal Used: People have asked me if the metal I use has sharp edges. This tooling metal (38 gauge) is pretty soft and pliable. It cuts easily with ordinary household scissors and is slightly thicker than a disposable tin foil backing pan. As long as your cut edges are clean, you shouldn’t have any issues handling the metal. Don’t get me wrong, if you rub the side of the metal in just the wrong way, you will get cut, just like you would with paper and the resulting paper cut.
Vermicomposting (worm composting) takes household kitchen waste and turns it into worm castings — the closest thing to perfect plant food you can produce at home. It works in a flat, on a balcony, or under a kitchen be
A tumbler composter takes the worst part of composting (turning the heap by hand with a fork) and turns it into 30 seconds of cranking. Properly loaded and turned twice a week, a quality dual-chamber tumbler will produce
A backyard compost bin is the single best investment a vegetable gardener can make. It diverts a third of household waste from landfill, gives you free soil improver, and saves $40+ a year on potting mix. The right bin i
Galvanised steel raised beds have shifted from rural-feed-trough territory to mainstream urban garden gear in the last few years. They last 20+ years (versus 10–15 for cedar), don’t rot, and the corrugated profile give
Indoor plant pots without drainage are a polite way to kill a plant. The decorative ceramic with no hole at the bottom traps water against the roots, and even the hardiest pothos eventually rots. The real trick is findin
Once you start propagating seriously — cuttings, divisions, perennial seedlings — you need nursery pots in volume. Tip-out pots, square pots, deep pots for legumes — each has a job. Buying these in bulk packs is dr
