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Tweet For all the wannabe witches this Halloween, here’s an interesting alternative to plastic store-brought brooms. Traditionally, bamboo brooms are used by Japanese gardeners as gentle, quiet tools to keep a yard clean of debris and leaves. For many, it’s much more preferable to using a leaf blower. This broom, however, will resemble the hearth [...]
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Tweet While we had every intention of building a simple bamboo shade structure over the past two weeks, the extreme heat had us avoiding the sun altogether and shunning garden work. And in hiding from the sun, enjoying some eco-friendly beer I must admit, our dreams of garden structures grew from simple shade structure to [...]
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Tweet In honor of Father’s Day, craft ideas abound for handmade gifts that kids can make – those misshapen coffee mugs and macaroni artwork masterpieces that parents will carefully preserve for years. But what greater gift can be given than the gift of time? Here’s a fun idea for “paper bamboo” that father and child [...]
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Tweet Whether joining the local food movement or trying to combat rising food costs, now is the time to plant your spring garden for a summer bounty. Wearing light and comfortable bamboo clothing, take advantage of the mild days and breezy evenings to prepare garden beds and plant summer fruits and vegetables. Make your bamboo [...]
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Tweet You don’t have to be Edison or have a nanny named Poppins to enjoy flying a kite! Have yourself a blast this spring with your homemade bamboo kite – the joy of making your own kite is that you get to choose how to decorate it. You can even make a St. Patrick’s Day [...]
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Tweet Baskets are wonderful additions to a home. They are not only beautiful decorations but they are also very functional and can serve as storage for magazines, remotes or as a display for your homemade potpourri. Put your backyard bamboo to beautiful use and weave your own bamboo basket. Get started now and it might [...]
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Tweet If you’re battling cabin fever and are lucky enough to have a workshop, why not get ready for spring and build bamboo screens for use on your patio or in your garden. They can even be used to divide some space indoors if your cooped-up family could all use some privacy. For these screens, [...]
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Tweet The Philippines have the distinction of celebrating the world’s longest Christmas season. Carols can be heard as early as September and the Christmas season ends on Feast of Santo Nino held on the 3rd Sunday of January. Christmas Day is preceded by nine days of dawn masses to show one’s devotion to God. And [...]
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Tweet With Halloween just days away (11 to be precise), preparations are in full swing to make it a spook-tacular holiday for kids and adults alike! Before heading to the store for decorations that will only be up for a short time, take a look around the house for some homemade Halloween inspiration. Tear old [...]
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Tweet Ready for one more summer project? Try making your own bamboo fountain! Bamboo can bring luck and prosperity to your home and adds a harmonious element to any Feng Shui design. The project below outlines how to make a smaller fountain for indoor tabletops (or desktops) but simply use larger elements to create an [...]
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Tweet You can help the dwindling bee population on the United States with easy craft projects. While it may seem a little scary to invite bees into your backyard, just remember that you are helping to increase a population of essential cross-pollinators. And building a bamboo bee house or nest is simple! Here’s what you [...]
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Tweet Just in time for Mothers’ Day! Using beautiful bamboo and a favorite picture, you can make a unique and memorable gift for your mom that she will treasure for years. You can find the bamboo at a local nursery or maybe it’s growing in your own backyard! And because it is such a renewable [...]
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Tweet Warmer weather brings with it revived gardens and more time spent outdoors enjoying private retreats. Wind chimes add an element of beauty to gardens and also harness the power of Feng Shui. Practicers of Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese method of object placement that focuses on the flow of “chi” or energy, use wind chimes [...]
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