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GARDENING
Gardening tips, tricks & tutorials from 25 years of experience.
- How to Grow Zucchini: You've Been Doing It All Wrong.
- The English Cottage Garden - Year 6
- How to Grow Tomatoes - in Pots or the Ground
- Growing Your Own Loofah Sponge - Step-by-step
- How to Grow Potatoes - Complete Guide
- Installing an Electric Fence in Your Home Garden.
- From Seed to Sprout: Discover the Art of Seed Starting
- How to Grow Sweet Potatoes aka Kลซmaraย
"To call planting a seed gardening is like calling boiling a pot of water cooking. Gardening is everything that comes before and after the seed is planted."
karen bertelsen
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FOOD
- Indian Street Corn. Kicking Your Plain Corn to the Curb.
- How to Make Homemade Hamburgers - My Way
- Roasted Asparagus with Shaved Parmesan
- Classic Caesar Salad. Please Don't Buy That Crap in a Jar
- Guaranteed Crispy, Roasted Potatoes with a Tangy Mustard/Dill Sauce
- The Best Cheese for Burgers. 7 Gooey Options.
- The Summery, Sugary, Lemon Drop Tart
- How to Cook Ribs. A Complete (seriously) Guide.
PROJECTS
HOW-TO TUTORIALS
Get them done now so your season doesn't suck later.
BACKYARD HACKS & INSPIRATION
Bad Day? These'll Make You Laugh.
At the very least you'll grin at these stories of my misfortunes.
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About Karen
My name is Karen Bertelsen and I was a television host. In Canada. Which means in terms of notoriety and wealth, I was somewhere on par with the manager of a Sunset Tan in Wisconsin.
I quit television to start a blog with the goal that I could make my living through blogging and never have to host a television show again. And itโs worked out. Iโm making a living blogging. If youโre curious, this is how I do that.
So Iโm doing this in reverse basically. Iโm the only blogger who is trying to NOT get a TV show.
Recent Stuff
In order of appearance starting with the latest ...
- Leek Quiche with Goat Cheese
- DIY Lazy Susan: Easy $8 Spinning Shelf Tutorial
- Recipe for Canning Chili Sauce (Sweet, Tangy & Spicy)
- How to Repair Cast Iron Without Welding
- The $10 Toaster, Butterfly Attacks & Emergency Dessert
- How to Buy a Measuring Tape
- Homemade Chicken Burgers (Pub Style)
- 12 Dollar Store Hacks That Still Hold Up
- What I Did This Week: Goodbye Maureen, a Garlic Barter, and the Cabbage Bikini Threat
- How to Fix a Loose Screw in Wood the Wrong Way โ That Still Works
- How To Get Rid Of Powdery Mildew (Organic Treatment)
- Kerf Cutting. How to Bend Wood with a Saw
- Snacks Returns, Sprinklers Reborn & Chicken TV Dinners - What I Did This Week
- Classic Bread & Butter Pickle Recipe
- Salads for People With Produce But No Patience
- The 21 Best Things I've Bought on Amazon in 2025
- Grow Your Own, Then Hit the Drive-Thru
- The Classic Coleslaw Recipe.
- Fermented Dill Pickle Recipe (Old-Fashioned & Made in a Crock)
- Air Conditioning, Shreddies, & the Return of Snacks
The Posts That Made Me Famous
Thanks to Google, Pinterest & Design*Sponge (RIP) these are my most popular posts of all time.
- The Modern Chicken Coop
- How to Make a Tree Stump Table - DIY End Table
- How to Grow Zucchini: You've Been Doing It All Wrong.
- How to Make Homemade Hamburgers - My Way
- The Backyard Ideas Post! 26 Tips & Tricks For Creating A Beautiful Backyard.
- Have a Ryobi Battery That Won't Charge? You Can Fix That.
- Growing Your Own Loofah Sponge - Step-by-step
- How to Build Interior Window Shutters.
- Halloween Craft. The Pumpkin Diorama - An Update.
- How to Make a Pumpkin Pie from Scratch with a Real Pumpkin
- How to Recover a Chair in 5 minutes
- How to Avoid UPS Broker Fees From Online Shopping.
