By ALDONA BIRDNewsroom@DominionPost.com If you’ve started seeds indoors or are ready to direct sow early flowers and vegetables, you may be considering how to protect them from pests or give them a boost of warmth to extend the growing season a little. With DIY wooden ...
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com While you can buy plenty of equipment for seed starting — heat mats, grow lights, a variety of pots, etc. — you can also easily do it yourself with some upcycled materials. To grow your own seedlings at home, all you ...
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com As the days warm up, maple sap flows through trunks and limbs of still dormant trees, bringing sugar from the roots to the branches. If you have access to a maple tree and aren’t making your own maple syrup, you’re missing a ...
BY ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPostWV With the exciting success of NASA’s rover Perseverance landing on Mars this past week, this is the perfect time to engage (with or without kids) in some crafts: Space crafts! You can do lots of creative projects with a ...
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com If you’re frustrated by the difficulty of recycling glass these days, don’t throw bottles into the trash — give them a new upcycled life. You can use them as-is for vases (decorative glasses look great in wine bottles), ...
By ALDONA BIRDNewsroom@DominionPost.com Indoors getting you down? Itching to improve your home since you’re spending so much time in it? This DIY might help you kick off an easy project that can make a big difference in your living space. Couches are expensive to replace ...