Espresso Cocktails for Your Swedish Fika
Whereas we Americans enjoy a good happy hour (complete with espresso cocktails in the winter or fruit cocktails in the warmer months), Swedes love their afternoon coffee breaks. They’re called Fika… Read More
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Annie’s Small Space Gardening Extreme Urban Farm
Two years ago, Annie Forsthoefel and her husband, Neal, cut down the giant pine overshadowing their front yard and turned their house into Portland’s smallest working extreme urban farm. Annie’s… Read More
Pruning an Apple Tree with the Garrett Wade Pruning Saw
Our videographer lives just beyond the far northeastern coastline of Maine, in Nova Scotia. She lives on 20 acres of wooded land, dotted with Spruce trees, Pines, low shrubs and a small Apple Orc… Read More
Designing a Garden Plan
Easy Steps to Design a Garden Plan One of my biggest temptations comes every spring. It’s the first time I go to the local nursery or garden supply store to check out their new selection. The new fl… Read More
How to Prune Blueberry Bushes and Care for Blueberry Plants
For more information about how to care for berries, please check out Tara Austen Weaver’s new book, Growing Berries and Fruits. If you have a bit of space, there are few things more rewardin… Read More
The Rules of Boules
How to Play Boules, an Underrated Game for Family and Friends This article refers to the rules and background for boules/petanque, a French game similar to bocce. Garrett Wade sells a Set of Boules… Read More
How to Grow Your Own Victory Garden
The early 20th century call to grow your own fruits and vegetables finds new meaning in the age of COVID-19. When victory gardens first took root just as the United States was entering… Read More
Butter Knife Crafting: A How-To
In these strange times of Stay at Home Orders and pandemic isolation, many of us are finding solace in creative expression. Whether that means caring for your sourdough starter like it’s a newly adop… Read More
Anne of All Trades on Making Things With Your Own Hands
“Making something has always been my passion,” says Anne Briggs, the energetic force behind Anne of All Trades: a blog, YouTube channel, and Instagram account where she chronicles a life devoted to… Read More
How to Clean Without Harsh Chemicals
3 Tips to Help You Clean Your House and Shop This Fall, Without Chemicals Every time the seasons change, we’re presented with an opportunity to clean the slate and start over. For some of us, thi… Read More