How to plant a Strawberry Pallet Planter
How to fill a DIY Strawberry Pallet Planter with up to 20 plants. This planter is great for patios and small spaces! Three years ago I shared how to make a Better Strawberry Pallet Planter and since...
View ArticleVanilla Cocoa Lip Balm Recipe
Easy DIY Vanilla and Cocoa Butter lip balm recipe Wow…this is probably one of the best lip balm recipes I’ve created in a long while. Incredibly simple to make, it tastes of vanilla and chocolately...
View ArticleWhat’s the new headline about?
Live simply. Explore nature. Make useful things. Grow your own. It’s taken me a long time to nail down what Lovely Greens is in a headline. How can you define yourself in just one sentence? I’ve gone...
View ArticleThree Legs of Mann by John Dog Callister
The symbol of the Isle of Man is a type of Triskelion, a Celtic symbol made of three legs The ‘Three Legs of Mann’ is a quirky national symbol that goes back generations. If you ask a Manx man what it...
View ArticleGrow a Vertical Herb Garden in a Greenstalk Planter
An easy-water vertical planter for herbs, vegetables, strawberries, and flowers There are two main challenges to growing edibles in containers – first of all maximizing space for plants, especially on...
View ArticleGarden Recycling: Growing Greens in an Old Sink
One person’s trash is another person’s planter Last year I noticed an old beat up Belfast sink at our allotment community garden. There’s a path that leads from the carpark to the field and someone had...
View Article4 Things You Should Know About Tallow Soapmaking
4 Things You Should Know About Tallow Soap by Liz Beavis of Eight Acres Since I started making soap three years ago, it has been my aim to use tallow produced from butchering our own beef cattle as...
View ArticleCanning & Preserving Food for Beginners
Learn to preserve fresh fruit and vegetables in homemade jellies, jams, chutneys, pickles, & more by Debbie Wolfe of the Prudent Garden People have been preserving food for centuries. It was how...
View ArticleDIY Bergamot + Earl Grey Soap
How to make Bergamot essential oil Soap Making handmade soap is both a useful and creative skill. You can customize your bars to be anything you’d like, from plain and unscented to swirly and...
View ArticleVertical Gardening in a DIY Cube Planter
Grow carrots on the top and succulents on the sides When you have only a small growing space, you can make the most of it by using vertical planting systems. Some will go right up a wall but others are...
View Article14 Recipes for Handmade Natural Soap
Make handmade soap using all natural ingredients It’s always a good idea to begin with a tried and tested recipe when you start making your own handmade soap. Whether you’re hoping to make it for...
View ArticleHow to make Christmas Tree Bath Bombs
Candy colored Christmas bath bombs made with natural ingredients Bath bombs are easy to make and are always well received as gifts. They’re made of ingredients that will make your bath water fizz and...
View Article8 Gifts that Gardeners want for Christmas
Green thumbs weigh in on what they hope is waiting for them under the tree Many gardeners are modest folk and will insist that they don’t want anything for Christmas! If this is what you’re dealing...
View ArticleVideo: How to make Wine Bottle Candles
Recycle wine bottles into handmade candles There are a few ways to cut glass bottles. Most of the methods I’ve seen use flammable materials and fire which I’m happy to stay away from, thanks. I’ve...
View ArticleHow to make Scented Tea Lights
Handmade tea lights are easy and inexpensive to make If you’re looking for inspiration for a handmade gift idea then look no further. Most people would be thrilled to receive a candle as a present and...
View ArticleLovely Greens’ Most Popular DIYs 2016
Happy New Year! You can re-evaluate at any time of the year but the quiet and dark days after Christmas hold few distractions. We waddle back to work after the holiday’s excesses and tend to get back...
View ArticleReaders make their own Strawberry Pallet Planters
My Strawberry Pallet Planter has gone Global Five years ago I published a tutorial on how to convert a single wooden pallet into an attractive Strawberry Pallet Planter. Since then it’s gone viral and...
View ArticleHoney & Lavender Soap Recipe + Instructions
Scented with lavender oil & caramelized honey When it comes to making handmade soap I like to keep it simple. Natural colors, real flowers and herbs, and plant-dervived scents. This recipe follows...
View ArticleDIY Garden Edging using Pruned Raspberry Canes
Create attractive garden edging with free materials Did you know that if you google ‘use raspberry canes’ or even ‘raspberry canes diy’ that absolutely no ideas come up? Every gardener who grows...
View ArticleDIY Pallet Wood Potting Bench
Use a wood pallet to create a potting bench If you’re frugally minded then pallet wood, and pallets themselves, can be a versatile and useful material. I’ve used them to make strawberry planters,...
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