For People Who Like to Sweat, Swear & Do Stuff
GARDENING
Gardening tips, tricks & tutorials from 25 years of experience.
- How to Grow Zucchini: You've Been Doing It All Wrong.
- The English Cottage Garden - Year 6
- How to Grow Tomatoes - in Pots or the Ground
- Growing Your Own Loofah Sponge - Step-by-step
- How to Grow Potatoes - Complete Guide
- Installing an Electric Fence in Your Home Garden.
- From Seed to Sprout: Discover the Art of Seed Starting
- How to Grow Sweet Potatoes aka Kūmara
"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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SUMMER FOOD
- Indian Street Corn. Kicking Your Plain Corn to the Curb.
- How to Make Homemade Hamburgers - My Way
- Roasted Asparagus with Shaved Parmesan
- Classic Caesar Salad. Please Don't Buy That Crap in a Jar
- The Best Cheese for Burgers. 7 Gooey Options.
- The Summery, Sugary, Lemon Drop Tart
- How to Cook Ribs. A Complete (seriously) Guide.
- CHEESECAKE IN AN INSTANT POT? UM, O.K.
SUMMER PROJECTS
HOW-TO TUTORIALS
Get them done now so your season doesn't suck later.
BACKYARD HACKS & INSPIRATION
Bad Day? These'll Make You Laugh.
At the very least you'll grin at these stories of my misfortunes.
See more Wintery Recipes ➡️
About Karen
Recent Stuff
In order of appearance starting with the latest ...
- Homemade Fruit Roll Ups
- Tomato Tips & Truths
- This Earwig Trap Works. I Mean it *Really* Works.
- The Floret Flowers Have Bloomed
- The Happy Birthday Advent Calendar
- How to Hand Pollinate Your Squash & Zucchini
- A Really Cute Baby Owl Video
- Just a Very Pretty Picture
- A Teepee Planter Update
- How To Get Rid Of Powdery Mildew (Organic Treatment)
- 20 Live-and-Learn Garden Tips I Share with My Friends
- It Happened - We Have A Baby Owl 🦉
- How to Revive Wilted Flowers
- I Americanized My House for Canada Day
- My Funny Emotional Support Human
- This is How You Fake Being the Best Gift Giver
- How to Braid Garlic (or Onions) - Photo & Video tutorial
- How to Make a Bamboo Teepee Support
- A Prehistoric Summer Rainbow Peony Puzzle
- The Kale Salad I Eat Almost Every Night
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
- How to Grow Zucchini: You've Been Doing It 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.