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  • Wooden Plant Marker In Action

    Wooden Plant Marker In Action

    Strictly speaking this isn’t necessary as a post but I’m just so proud of it. Here’s how the wooden plant marker looks in the garden. That mint does need water so it got a pitcher of it after I took this photo and will get a good drench tomorrow. © www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024

  • 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

  • Acorn Starting Site

    Acorn Starting Site

    This is my acorn starting site/oak tree seed starting setup, such as it is. It consists of some potting soil I had leftover, acorns spaced out about 3 inches from one another about an inch and a half beneath the surface, and pea gravel from the top. The pea gravel came from a big box…

  • No Visuals: Uses Of Rags or Washcloths

    Washcloths Uses: Fold into quarters and use as a soap dish Use instead of a plastic scrubby to exfoliate skin in the shower or bath When you get soap slivers, wet down the washcloth and rub the soap into the washcloth to use up the soap Wipe down surfaces in the kitchen with dish soap…

  • Assorted ideas without visuals

    1. Upon entering a room and forgetting what you came in there for, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Sometimes can help. 2. Clover and alfalfa seeds can be put on pastures or lawns before the location’s usual period of several weeks of rain to help with soil fertility. I’ve tried it…

  • Fragrancing The Place

    Fragrancing The Place

    This was an interesting experience, to put it mildly. In most apartments and homes, there is an air intake for the HVAC system. Most of the time it’s in a closet with louvers to allow the air to enter, or in a metal intake box, say, in a basement. You either stash air filters for…

  • Fruit Fly Traps

    Fruit Fly Traps

    Duo of fruit fly traps. The one on the left is a classy standard design of paper cone made of printer paper taped together with a couple of pieces of tape at the bottom sticky side down and the excess paper cut off at the top. The one on the right is another paper cone…

  • Pizza box laptop holder

    Pizza box laptop holder

    There is a pizza box under all that, I promise. With printer paper to cover up the laptop art I have going, and the label of the pizza box, it functions to make having a laptop on one’s lap more comfortable. It also cools the laptop more effectively than having it on a lap table…

  • In pursuit of a better life

    Here we go. A blog about lifehacks and quality of life improvements especially for PTSD and spoonie type stuff. This blog is part of an ongoing project that involves a quality-of-life-improvements daybook in 365-day format. It’ll keep the Internet company til the book goes live.