Category: New Ideas

  • Using A Milk Bottle As A Plant Pot Reservoir

    Using A Milk Bottle As A Plant Pot Reservoir

    Introduction If I water plant pots in dry weather the water runs over the top of the soil to the edge of them. Then, because the dry soil in the pot has shrunk, the water runs down a gap between the soil and the pot side. When the water gets to the bottom of the…

  • Not Enough Gift Wrap For That Gift? Wrap It Diagonally.

    Not Enough Gift Wrap For That Gift? Wrap It Diagonally.

    Introduction You start off with a nice roll of Gift Wrap, when you wrap those gifts for that festive occasion, and afterwards you have a small rectangle of unused paper left over. Eventually another small gift needs wrapping so you look through the small left-over pieces of Gift Wrap only to find several are nearly…

  • Airship Airlander – Made in England

    Airship Airlander – Made in England

    Introduction This airship Airlander, the longest aircraft in the world at roughly 91m (300ft), from the US military airship Airlander project, has been brought to Cardington, Bedfordshire, England (home of the R101) for further development by a British company who built it in the first place. In fact the development is taking place in the same…

  • My Easily Positioned Bed Headboard Wall Fixings

    My Easily Positioned Bed Headboard Wall Fixings

    Introduction This post describes a method for DIY readers to make and mount bespoke wooden Bed Headboard Wall Fixings, to my design, so that no bolts are visible and so the headboard can be removed by just lifting it vertically to allow for cleaning or horizontal adjustment. It gives a specific example. Other headboards will be different, but I hope anyone wanting to use this…