Some people like to use compost on their soil and plants. It can have lots of good nourishment for your plants, so it’s not a bad idea. You can buy it in bags commercially, or you can make your own. I remember my grandfather’s huge compost pile, and as a child it seemed a little…
You’re ready to sew! Well…almost. Now you need to figure out what needle to use. Why are there so many types? Can’t you just pick one and hope for the best? I guess you can, but you really shouldn’t. Let’s talk about it. Sewing Machine Needles We’ll start with needles for sewing machines. Different types…
We made it through another week, and let me tell you that this week was something else. My dad is currently in the hospital. He’s overall fine, but it’s where he needs to be. It’s looking like he has some heart issues, so until it all gets sorted out, the hospital is where to find…
Previously on Saturdays, I’ve been doing personal reviews and opinions about various musical theater shows. But I’ve got a secret…I really like opera too! Hear me out. Musical theater comes from opera. Opera is a vocal and instrumental artform, first debuted in the 1600’s. It has endured since then, and gone through evolutions of its…
Did you know you can make your own butter at home? Without a butter churn? And you don’t have to visit ye olden days to do it? But really, how many of us have actually thought about making our own butter? I know before I learned this, I had visions of Laura Ingalls and the…
Time for another installment of NEW CROCHET STITCH! *jazz hands* No? Yeah ok, we’ll workshop it a little more. Anyway, let’s learn a new stitch. This one is the half double crochet. That seems kind of a funny name, since we learned a single crochet and a double crochet. This stitch sits somewhere between the…
As it starts to get warmer, it occurred to me that I am kind of a seasonal crafter. Maybe not fully seasonal, but it made me think a little about how that would even work. It makes sense in some ways, for some crafts, but maybe not all of them. For example, if you are…
Your plants are growing! That’s a great sign, and obviously we want to keep them growing. In most cases, bigger plants are better. The way to do this is fertilizing your plants. But when do you do that? How? Where? Let’s dive into the how to’s on fertilization. When to fertilize First let’s look at…
Once upon a time, in a craft store far away…wait, it’s not that kind of story? Oops. But for real, it used to be the norm that you would get your patterns at a fabric store. They were in big drawers of file cabinets, organized by company and pattern number. And while this might not…
We’ve made it through another week! Good job and happy Sunday to everyone. I’m working on chores around the house today. First up is laundry, and then the dreaded lawn mowing. Who else really despises mowing? I don’t mind yard work in general, like weeding or mulching. But mowing the grass and weed eating is…
