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DIY Life - Jul 15, 2008
Filed under: food, gardening and plants, entertaining, Scentual Life Join me each week as I explore the naturally aromatic side of DIY. Helpful recipes for your "scentual" pleasure: from essential oils, herbs, and …
Also tagged: water, drink, tea, blender, summer, mint, rose, flowers, hydration, herbs, refresh, beverage, cooler, strawberries, herb, leaves, essential oils, lime, smoothie, essential oil, hydrate, steep, slushie, flavored water, vita mix, refreshing, hydrosol, seltzer water, hot cold cool, sparkling water, hydrosols, hotcoldcool
DIY Life - Jul 4, 2008
Filed under: food, in the kitchen, gardening and plants, Avant Yard Mmm-mmm. Fresh basil. It's so very fragrant -- the indispensable ingredient in a host of mid-summer recipes. My basil is lush, green and ready for …
Also tagged: water, bugs, tips, storage, wikipedia, cooking, greenhouse, slashfood, cook, kitchen, oil, bacteria, blender, spring, summer, blend, salt, olive oil, flowers, refrigerator, vinegar, crop, location, garlic, dry, soups, edible, stem, fertilizer, garden, salads, freezing, seeds, harvest, pinenuts, freeze, ehow, herb, food processor, culinary, temperature, regenerate, stews, basil, pesto, leaf, roots, mother nature, parmesan cheese, scissors, room temperature, rosemary, jar, pinching, snip, pots, ice cube trays, lemon juice, plastic bag, diy life, cuttings, potting soil, thaw, green daily, rooted, seedlings, bacterial growth, harvest basil, tip pinching, genovese sweet basil, overwinter, store basil, dry seeds, basil vinegar, winter cooking, seed heads, yogurt containers
DIY Life - Jul 2, 2008
Filed under: food, in the kitchen, gardening and plants This is the first year we've used a CSA, and every Tuesday we get a delivery of fresh-from-the-farm vegetables. Last week, however, our delivery came the night …
Also tagged: gardening, veggies, vegetables, csa, green onions, scallions, farm, freezing, plastic bottles, storing food, garlic scapes
DIY Life - May 21, 2008
Filed under: household hacks, miscellaneous, seasonal The last few weeks, I have been waking up at night, cold and unable to figure out why. Part of it is that with the warmer weather, the heat comes on less. I get …
Also tagged: fluff, air, outside, warmth, hang, down, bed, insulation, bedding, tennis balls, dryer balls
DIY Life - May 6, 2008
Filed under: food, seasonal, gardening and plants, staying green You may not know it, but there could be a tea garden growing in your very own yard. Many weeds make excellent herbal tea, and they are medicinal to …
Also tagged: tea, mint, lifehacker, chocolate mint, garden, weeds, country living, herbal tea, herbal, dandelion
DIY Life - Dec 14, 2007
Filed under: household hacks, seasonal We have a real Christmas tree. I love opening the door and smelling the fresh pine scent that fills the living room. I wouldn't give up using real trees, but I am tired of their …
Also tagged: how to, christmas, tree, diy, featured, christmas tree, healthy, homemade, solution, preservative, holidash
DIY Life - Nov 15, 2007
Filed under: miscellaneous My homemade spa experiments started with a deep condition, then an apple face mask, and finally the DIY'er manicure. The face mask disaster reminded me that sometimes we're better off …
Also tagged: recipe, how to, skin, body, diy, clean, oil, spa, olive oil, homemade, rinse, apply, easy, bright, simple, quick, spa treatment, stretch marks, body scrub, exfoliate, grape, scrub, moisturize, grape seed oil
DIY Life - Oct 6, 2007
Filed under: miscellaneous Yeah, I know -- exercise seems like odd placement in a DIY blog. But, let's get serious: do you sometimes find that doing the same thing over and over again gets, well, kinda boring? Scratch …
DIY Life - Oct 4, 2007
Filed under: preventative maintenance, cleaning DIY Maven combines the best tips from Reader's Digest and Garden and Hearth and brings us this great list of 10 ways to dust proof your house. First it's important to …
Also tagged: health, cleaning, filter, allergies, air, wellness, allergy, vacuum, dust, dirt, carpet, dusting, mites, filtration, duster