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DIY no spill Chicken Feeder 27 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
It’s 7 o’clock, or close to it, on a warm summer morning. I’m still in bed, awake, but trying to fall back asleep again. Everything is quiet and motionless, with just the faintest sounds of the n...
Oxiclean. A whiten your whites experiment. 26 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
What you are witnessing is an illusion. Like heat waves on the pavement, a rigged carnival game or any 25 year old girl’s Twitter profile pic. The pillow case you’re looking at looks like a thing ...
Your Go-To, Emergency, I’m in a Rush Dinner 23 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
I was talking with a neighbour of mine the other afternoon. Mainly we were walking around my garden as I snapped things off and we ate them. So a lot of the talk went something like this … “Mmmm, ohhh...
The Great Facebook Experiment.If you’re one of my Facebook fans READ THIS POST 22 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
I mentioned a while ago that I was going to be speaking at the BlogPodium conference in Toronto this fall. My topic of expertise? Money. The Art of Monetization: how to make money from your website....
A Lightbulb Idea 21 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Like most people I have a huge stash of used industrial lightbulbs in my basement. They’re right next to the alphabetized collection of moss varieties. I know exactly what I want to do with these ligh...
Will They Eat it?!Video 20 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
My name is Karen and it’s been almost a year since my last Will They Eat it Video. My apologies. So today I have for you a Will They Eat it Video to make up for that lost time. You haven’t lived until...
The Front Yard Vegetable Garden Update.August. 19 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Before I continue, I’d like to take a moment to mourn the loss of several neighbours and a moulting squirrel. All entered my garden in the month of July. Not a one of them have been seen since. I shou...
I’m Happy (ish) 16 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Phew. The first week back is done. I bet you thought I wasn’t going to thank all of you for your support. Well you were wrong. I just didn’t want to start the week off with some sad, thank you letter ...
Kerf Cutting. How to Bend Wood with your Mind. I mean saw. 15 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
During my unscheduled hiatus I wasn’t a lump. I cooked things, built things and ripped apart things. I find manual labour soothing. Measuring stuff, concentrating, contemplating the design of someth...
Painted Wood. A summer fireplace idea. 14 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
I’m a naturally curious person constantly looking for answers. Just today for example, I wondered how long I’d been walking around in public with a chicken feather hanging off my ass. A big feather. L...
