For People Who Like to Sweat, Swear & Do Stuff
From how to make your own Starbucks Latte to building a chicken coop, browse hundreds of DIY tutorials and How-To Guides covering Food, Garden and Home projects you had no idea you needed to do.
The Posts That Made Me Famous
Thanks to Google, Pinterest & Design*Sponge (RIP) these are my most popular posts of all time.
- The Modern Chicken Coop
- How to Make a Tree Stump Table - DIY End Table
- You've Been Growing Your Zucchini Plants All Wrong
- How to Make Homemade Hamburgers - My Way
- The Backyard Ideas Post! 26 Tips & Tricks For Creating A Beautiful Backyard.
- Have a Ryobi Battery That Won't Charge? You Can Fix That.
- Growing Your Own Loofah Sponge - Step-by-step
- How to Build Interior Window Shutters.
- Halloween Craft. The Pumpkin Diorama - An Update.
- How to Make a Pumpkin Pie from Scratch with a Real Pumpkin.
- How to Recover a Chair in 5 minutes
- How to Avoid UPS Broker Fees From Online Shopping.
Summer DIYs to Try
Time to DIY it! 🔨
- Make a Backyard Barn Board Light. DIY Outdoor Lighting!
- Make a Glitter Bomb Card (Instructions & Template)
- Glowing Orb Landscape Lights. A 5 minute, $5 DIY.
- How to Replace a Window Screen
- How to Drill, Screw & Hang Something on Brick or Mortar
- Do You Know How to Sharpen Your Push Mower?
- A 10 Minute DIY Plant Dolly That Can Also Easily Move Major Appliances.
- The 5 Minute Flower Bow To Top Your (Wedding, Shower, birthday) Gifts With This Summer.
- How to Maintain Your Garden Tools
- How to Lay Sod for a Beautiful Lawn
- How to Prune an Apple Espalier Tree.
- Open a Wine Bottle With a Tree
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About Karen
My name is Karen Bertelsen and I was a television host. In Canada. Which means in terms of notoriety and wealth, I was somewhere on par with the manager of a Sunset Tan in Wisconsin.
I quit television to start a blog with the goal that I could make my living through blogging and never have to host a television show again. And it’s worked out. I’m making a living blogging. If you’re curious, this is how I do that.
So I’m doing this in reverse basically. I’m the only blogger who is trying to NOT get a TV show.
Grilling Stuff
As a Canadian, BBQ season runs from January to December with a short break during playoff season when pizzas are ordered. Just kidding. We grill our pizzas too.
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Vegetable Gardening Tips for This Month
"To call planting a seed gardening is like calling boiling a pot of water cooking. Gardening is everything that comes before and after the seed is planted."
karen bertelsen
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Bad Day? These'll Make You Laugh.
At the very least you'll grin at these stories of my misfortunes.
