Happy Harvest Blog
Accidental lanterns
I was having fun with the partially frozen linings of 5-gallon buckets. They made lanterns! The ice cylinders looked so cool I had to put candles in them. I got four came out of the bucket intact. Cheeks is doing well, although all she wants to eat are sunflower seeds. The guineas have stayed inside, and none succumbed to exposure. There were more than 70 grosbeaks here this morning - that's as far as I got before they went airborne - they're very touchy.
Newspaper "pots" for tomatoes.
I tried making some pots out of newspaper to pot up my tomatoes into. I rolled them around a bottle (half-sheet each), crunched in the paper on the bottom, slid the cylinder off the bottle, and then turned over the half inch at the "brim" to the outside. That´s what keeps them rolled.
Electrical tape chessboard
Easiest, fastest DIY chessboard ever.Requires: pre-existing surface, partial roll of electrical tape, scissors. Takes about an hour.
Happiness Jar
I love this idea because it has multiple elements of happiness-causing behavior. It creates a tradition, creates a handy year-in-review memorabilia, and amplifies happiness by creating (at least) two chances to recollect the happy event:
Instagram.
I may not make a blog post every day, but at least I Insta.
Bite size.
