I don't think five years is unreasonable here. I find that plastic pots weather so badly that they begin to crack (or flat-out shatter) within a year or two of outside living. Terra cotta gets br...

I have the CYMA bags and love them. They hold a ton and - the deciding factor for me - have a flat bottom and sit open for easy loading and unloading. I got the olive and orange ones, they're ver...

With Nature's Miracle or any enzyme cleaner, it gets worse before it gets better. As the enzymes do their thing, the stink will intensify, and then as they finish their work (or run out of steam, ...

Moving boxes and supplies show up (and immediately get taken) on my local Freecycle list all the time. Try to find label solutions (colored ribbon, labels placed over or written on tape that can b...

I've had a far higher start rate with the dome-type starters with dirt sponges, like from Park Seed and other places. The Jiffy pots are always either too wet, too dry, they float and fall over, t...

I'm not thrilled with them, either, because of the peat and because they're kind of a pain if you're not going to plant immediately because they'll root straight out the bottom. You're supposed to...

- Corningware French White, set or a variety of sizes (I use the ramekins for everything from mise en place to butter dishes, so I ended up buying another 8 later, and I use my large oval probably ...

Thanks to microfiber cloths (slightly different from the sponge featured here), I barely use cleaners or paper towels for cleaning anymore. Warm water is almost always enough to do the job. Bar m...

Bake it for a number of hours a little cooler than it takes for it to smoke. Use newspaper or brown paper sack to mop the pooled grease out of it periodically (be very, very careful with your hand...

When I got married my mom got us this se...