New Book of Days
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Chicken Orange Peel Holder
Nov 8, 2024 by HTV9 This is not exactly rocket science, but it’s something I liked trying. Ate a small citrus fruit and kept the peel. Had some chicken with sauce on it that was looking good, but I didn’t have the energy to go wash my hands afterwards. Just used the peel to hold…
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New Laundry Stain Removal
Oct 11, 2024 by HTV9 Tonight I anointed my sweater with the kiss of ketchup. Lots of ketchup. This is my second favorite sweater so I wasn’t too pleased. In a lot of cleaning handbooks and guides there’s this guide to stain removal that is a bunch of arcane wizardry and mystical chanting, more or…
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Portable Zen Garden
Oct 2, 2024 by HTV9 Ingredients:1 bag of aquarium sandA few pebblesReclosable plastic containerForkYou can close it up when it’s not in use so you can keep it in a high traffic living room or office without as much fear of it spilling © http://www.abrandnewbookofdays.com 2024
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Wooden Plant Marker In Action
Sep 24, 2024 by HTV9 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. Update…
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Waxed Wooden Plant Markers
Sep 24, 2024 by HTV9 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…
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Decorating Plant Pots With Crayon
Sep 6, 2024 by HTV9 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…
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Dried Orange Peel In August
Aug 14, 2024 by HTV9 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…
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Knit Dust Rags
Aug 14, 2024 by HTV9 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…
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Orange Pineapple Juice Ice Cubes
Aug 6, 2024 by HTV9 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…
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