This week I finished sewing two reusable shopping bags.
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Here is the majority of the garden loot for 2011.
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One of my projects this week was fixing my pagoda that broke (again). I’m not sure how it broke, I just found it felled one day. This pagoda is sentimental to me as it was originally my grandparents, so I wanted to do a nice job.
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Last week I got a great deal on a pair of grass shears, $.50 at an estate sale. They look old and neglected, but they’re very well constructed and work great, they have a very fluid motion and are still quite sharp. But the handles on them were a bit small and uncomfortable, being constructed of just steal. So, I attempted to make my own more ergonomic handles.
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Here’s how I made a secret storage space in an electrical box.
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I finally got my vermicomposting worms today, after about an hour of tracking them down from the post office. I left the house to run an errand today and as I was leaving, I saw the mail truck about 10 houses away, so I thought, “Great! When I get home, my worms should be waiting for me.” But, apparently, they can’t leave “live animals” without someone being at the house.

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This is my first vermicomposter. Here’s my how-to instructions on how I built my worm bin.
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