Author: HTV9

  • Waxed Wooden Plant Markers

    Waxed Wooden Plant Markers

    Here’s a plant marker for mint that grows directly in the soil on the North side of the house. It got planted there due to the least amount of sun and the greatest amount of moisture throughout the Texas year. Directly in the ground would make other gardeners in other places quake in their boots…

  • Decorating Plant Pots With Crayon

    Decorating Plant Pots With Crayon

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    This is both easier and harder than it looks. Easier in that all you do is color on the plant pots. Harder in that if they’re outside it’s best to wait for a nice day temperature and weatherwise. It would be a lot easier to do this with brand new pots that were brought indoors…

  • No pictures: Blog Update and PTSD

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    So this book has been in the works for about 4 years now. Spoonie lifehacks, a holiday worth celebrating for every day of the year, coping skills, I’m hauling ass on it. Each day I work on it, I get more frustrated that I can’t release it right now to provide immediate help for veterans…

  • Dried Orange Peel In August

    Dried Orange Peel In August

    Hey, it dried! Look at it! Doesn’t happen in any other month in Texas for us because of the weather patterns, so I think I’ll be restricting my herb-drying endeavors to just this month in the future. I’m not really sure what I’ll do with it, but in my experience this is good stuff in…

  • Knit Dust Rags

    Knit Dust Rags

    So this is a practice run of stockinette stitch. It’s probably suitable for a beginner knitter. I’m not going to put in a tutorial here of how to knit or purl, cast on or bind off, or overhand-knot and weave in yarn ends, because you can find all those in various places online, but if…

  • Orange Pineapple Juice Ice Cubes

    Orange Pineapple Juice Ice Cubes

    Here’s what I did. I added some pineapple juice then orange juice to this ice cube tray after taking out the electrolyte cubes in there and rinsing it out. Chopped the top and bottom off an orange, put shallow slits down the side of it and peeled off the peel without the watery parts using…

  • Less Simple Cheese Plate

    Less Simple Cheese Plate

    This cheese plate builds on the original cheese plate https://abrandnewbookofdays.com/2024/07/25/simple-cheese-plate/ with some toast, honey, applesauce, crackers, olives, a pickle and a can of soda. This one really was a “let’s clean out the fridge” plate © www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024

  • Simple Cheese Plate

    Simple Cheese Plate

    This is an affordable and tasty cheese plate that’s doable if you can do the following things: 1. Open packages and get out a cutting board and knife 2. Wash off vegetables and fruits under running water, cleaning off any dirt with one (washed) hand while holding the item with the other 3. Shake off…

  • Electrolyte Drink Ice Cubes

    Electrolyte Drink Ice Cubes

    This was a bit of an experiment. I mixed the usual electrolyte mix that I shake up with water with a little bit of bottled lemon juice and poured it into an ice cube tray to freeze. Several hours later, the cubes are in the glass of water at my elbow. And it’s spectacularly good.…

  • A Shameless Plug For Krystal UK

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    This is a plug for the website hosting company and domain registration service that I’m using. I’m not getting paid to say this. Their business practices are, as far as I can tell from the US, aboveboard and as green as it gets. It is about twice the price of competing services in the US,…