We tried installing two lemon balm plants on our balcony, but under the relentless heat and torrential rain... We've ended up with two pots of the shrivelled undead!

If you've got greener fingers than we do, how about little green guys to ward off the zombies when they come?

1. In soup cans

Strip the paper off your soup cans... And make herb favours for future soups! via Something Green

2. On yourself

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We love Wearable Planter's petite creations for bikes, bodices, lapels and clavicles on Etsy. A tad pricey at US$30 to 45, shipping notwithstanding, but if you're reluctant... Consider using Sculpey and an oven to create tiny containers to let plants perch on you. Dill is purportedly great at enduring the rain, and tiny orchids make hardy tropical companions.

3. In a bottle

Terrariums are low-maintenance, noob-friendly ways to introduce green guys to our shelves, bathrooms and bedside tables. 

Little Green Pot creates affordable open and closed versions for about S$18 to 36. Closed terrariums quite likely do not need to be watered for as long as they live...!

There's even a DIY kit at S$20 for those of you who want to dabble in design but would like all components in one simple solution.

Larger, more upmarket options at are available at Paperus.

Consider gathering your own materials and making a terrarium on your own! 

4. On a wall... In animal shapes and typography

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One wonders if moss graffiti is still considered unlawful here... Whatever, we'd love to paint this on the side of our own walls! More examples here.

The most feasible recipe seems to use beer and sugar, but this one with buttermilk and water retention gel sounds viable too.

5. In the last place you'd think of

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"What do you do when someone tries to spoon you?" 
"Why, you fork them!"

Yes, we can be awfully rude. Unlike these classy rings by Nadia Dore-Wheeler. 

An artist/designer/illustrator/writer, Nadia hammers antique spoons and forks into chunky rings: each with an individual motif, texture, size and personality.

Based in Melbourne, she is holidaying in Singapore these few weeks, selling each ring at S$20.

10% of profits go evenly to Free to be Kids and the Whakamaru Christian Camp. The remaining 90% allow her to make more rings, and go into a fund for her dream project: a shelter for battered women in Melbourne.

My kiasu instinct took over. I bought two before anyone else could-- one was a fork, the other a spoon!

Each beaut comes with a handwritten description of how the utensil lived before plunging into today's philanthropic, fashionable life.

Get yours by emailing Nadia at nadia_slayer [a] hotmail.com She is quite fond of Singaporeans, and there is always the postal service.

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