Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

I have always been a maker. Over the years, I have dabbled in drawing, painting, spinning, weaving, mending, foraging, gardening, basketry, paper making, food preservation, and more. One art degree and several decades later, I am sharing my accumulated knowledge and my experiments with new methods and mediums.

Follow along with my journey and learn to make new things, mend beloved items, and grow or forage new foods.


Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Today I have been experimenting with a recipe for squash pie! Soooo yummy.

2 days ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Sorry for the delay in posting, folx. Life has been complicated. I hope to post a new video next week!

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Here is the first batch of tomatoes that will hopefully ripen inside.

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

I made a mistake and bought some bbq sauce that was waaay too sweet. So I used it and a bunch of spices to cook some short ribs. Yum.

And then I turned the short rib bones and so.e other beef bones into eight pints of delicious beef stock.

No idea what I will make with them, bit it will he delicious!

3 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Hey all! I've had a rough couple of weeks. This week's post might be delayed until next week.

4 months ago | [YT] | 1

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Today I made rhubarb crisp with rhubarb grown in my backyard and my MIL's backyard.

6 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

The latest video I shared probably won't get many views. It's disappointing, but I didn't do it for up front views.

The video about Intro to Fabrics is context for future videos about mending and sewing. I realized I needed it, because every time I started to explain mending, I fell back on to basic sewist jargon that many people might not know.

So, there you are. The most basic of fabric basics that I could manage. Enjoy!

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Ooh, today is going to be fun! I'm going to make backyard kimchi! Expect a video on that in the near future.

I'm also working on a mending video, because my child is incredibly hard on his pants and tears out the knees on basically all of them.

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

Sorry for the delay, folx. Turns out a bored six-year-old boy trumps basically EVERYTHING.

Upcoming video is shot and just needs editing and audio work, and I have plans for the next two videos I am going to shoot. Thanks for your patience!

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make, Mend, and Grow with Diana

It's Spring Break, which means I have a small child demanding attention I could be spending on content creation. Might only be one video this week!

9 months ago | [YT] | 0