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Blogger: Gayla Trail
Bio: Gayla has a compulsion to know how to do everything which will sure come in handy when the revolution comes, but for the time being is more of a "hobby problem."
Email: gayla@yougrowgirl.com
While they are probably meant for kids, these paper model projects featuring assorted plants, insects, and organisms are fun projects for any age. Models include your standard garden fare; lady bugs, and butterflies but take learning about the ecosystem of the garden to another level with nematodes, bacteria, and more.
Local legend has it that Lake Ontario is so polluted a bucket of it can be used as a weak film developer, but who knew safe, chemical-free film processing chemicals were sitting in my kitchen cupboards? Apparently innocuous materials like coffee, tea, vanilla extract, sea salt, vitamin C tablets and washing soda can be used to process film from developing through to fixing.
How ingenious is this: a flower shop where rather than buying cut flowers, you buy photos of plant bits that are then constructed into 3-Dimensional arrangements.
I’ve made the odd found-object pinhole camera in my day but this one, is the coolest I have seen in a while. Rigged to use 35mm film, this pinhole constructed from a matchbox, takes 50 square pictures on a 36 exposure roll. The photos have that surreal, distorted pinhole quality with a bit of toy camera magic thrown in. Build your own using ingredients culled from the junkdrawer.
So they’re not very stylin’, but these self-watering planters made from junked pop bottles are pretty handy for the well-intentioned but forgetful gardener. The bottom watering system keeps cuttings and seedlings on the right side of moist without the discipline (and hassle) of routine dampness patrol.
