Workshop Organization is not genetic
While visiting my family I am always in the workshop fixing something. My dad’s workshop is like mine, semi-managed chaos. There are many projects scattered in various stages of completion, some have been…
Compost Tumbler DIY Composter
I saw this simple compost tumbler made out of recycled materials at a gardening display at the St Louis airport. This easy compost maker is made of 2x4s and a used barrel. Wondering…
Bee Swarm Capture GF Video
Honeybee swarm capture, or bees swarm rescue, or hiving a swarm. whatever you call it, it was a lot of fun. Capturing a honeybee swarm is a neat experience. Bees swarm in the…
Simple Rain Barrel Plans
Neat rain barrel DIY system here using recycled materials from our neighbor Priscilla. She had two large water tanks that were not being used, placed on on top of the other, directed the…
Combining Hives – Beekeeping How-To
Last week I discovered one of our honeybee hives had lost its queen, we had a drone laying worker in the hive. A laying worker is a worker bee who, after the queen…
Lawnmower Tune Up and Oil Change Tips
Time for the lawn mower tune up. I pulled the lawnowers out of the garage today, ready to change the oil and do a tune up on both mowers. We have several how…
Garlic Mustard Plant Identification & Foraging
Garlic Mustard is an edible wild plant food. Here is video on how to cook garlic mustard, we made a great pesto recipe. You can forage for the leaves of Garlic Mustard, but…
Nettles Plant Identification & Foraging
Nettles, aka Stinging Nettles are a wild food that is edible. Here is video about how to cook nettles for a pesto recipe we made. Foraging for nettles is easy, they grow like…
Simple Pizza and Bread Oven Plans GF Radio
Stuart Silverstein joins us to talk about how to build backyard bread and pizza ovens. You can watch our how to build a brick pizza oven video here. You can buy Stuart’s book…
Drone Laying Worker in a Queenless Hive
When we check our honeybee hives, we first just stand there and observe them. We could tell there was something wrong with one of the hives. It was quiet, the hive next to…
Drip Irrigation Helps This Sidewalk Container Garden Grow
I ran across this soaker hose drip irrigation setup in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Using drip irrigation to water a container garden is great, as the soil in containers dry out fast, especially those…
Signs of the Pileated Woodpecker
When we’re hiking, we often come across trees that have piles of fresh woodchips at the base of the tree, and farther up the trunk is a large hole. I didn’t know what…
What is Dandelion? How to find, harvest, cook dandelion GF-TV
Wondering what is dandelion? watch our dandelion video to find out how to identify dandelion, and forage for dandelion in your yard, and make a great salad. In a future video, we’ll make…
How To Tap Sugar Maple Trees For Maple Syrup GF-TV
Tapping maple trees to make maple syrup in this DIY video. We tap our Sugar Maple trees to collect sap in preparation for making maple syrup. This is a DIY low tech low…
