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    December 29, 2016 | By Jami

    AOC's 2016 Top Garden and DIY Projects

    11 of AOC's top garden and DIY projects from 2016 - everything from why to grow cucumbers on a trellis to how to make the best flaxseed pillows.

    The top garden and DIY projects for 2016 from An Oregon Cottage blog

    For today's installment of the year-end "best of" lists, I'm brining you the most popular garden and DIY articles for 2016 (according to Google), which also happen to be the top of all time. In fact, the tutorial for how to freeze green beans without blanching has been one of my biggest articles for years and continues to be popular every summer as the beans are coming in.

    And to think I almost didn't write it because it wasn't the "right" way to freeze them!

    Although you may be thinking, like I did, "is this a recipe or a garden project?" Obviously I decided this year to include freezing recipes in the top garden posts because it's all about preserving from your garden. But I'm really on the fence about that because (as I write this!) it makes less sense, since I included canning recipes in the top recipes list and that is preserving from the garden, too.

    Oh well - hopefully you'll be able to get past the wishy-washiness of this list and on to the projects and tutorials themselves!

    11 Top Garden and DIY Projects

    Top garden and DIY: How to dry plums

    11. How to Dry Plums

     

    chopped snap peas

    10. How to Freeze Snap Peas Without Blanching

     

    Dresser bathroom vanity

    9. How to Make a Dresser into a Vanity

     

    How to grow cucumbers on a trellis.

    8. Five Reasons to Grow Cucumbers on a Trellis (and Taking Up Less Space Isn't One of Them)

     

    DIY flaxseed heat pad-warming pillow video and gift tags

    7. How (& Why) to Make the Best Flaxseed Pillows

     

    The Ultimate Rhubarb Guide - Grow Harvest Cook Preserve at An Oregon Cottage

    6. The Ultimate Rhubarb Guide: Grow Harvest Cook and Preserve

     

    French-style bench from old chairs with mattress cushion

    5. How to Make a French Styled Bench from Old Chairs

     

    DIY Tufted French Mattress Cushion-Creating French Mattress Edge - An Oregon Cottage

    4. DIY Tufted French Mattress Cushion

     

    How to Freeze Corn Kernels - An Oregon Cottage

    3. How to Freeze Corn Three Ways: Blanched, Unblanched & Whole

     

    How to Freeze Green Beans without Blanching

    2. The Easy Way to Freeze Green Beans Without Blanching

     
    And the #1 garden/DIY project is:

    1. Homemade Garlic Mint Garden Insect Spray - that Really Works!

     

    Did your favorite make the list? If not, what is it - let me know in the comments!

     

    About Jami

    Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.

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    1. Carina Simeon says

      December 29, 2016 at 7:59 pm

      Jamie, I always enjoy looking at your photos of the Oregon Cottage Garden - so neat - just love it. Sadly here in S.India I do not have a garden (even all my plants on the terraces have died) anymore, so you can imagine how I long at times to be back in my beautiful garden in England, where I grew plenty of herbs etc. but no vegetables 🙂 🙂

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      • Jami says

        January 01, 2017 at 3:50 pm

        Wow, that would be a big change to go from an English climate to a Southern India one! I'm glad look at our pictures helps bridge the gap a bit. 🙂

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