Tips for a Healthy Lawn & Garden
Timing Is Everything Water either in the early morning or evening to minimize water lost to evaporation. Watering in the early morning will allow your lawn to dry thoroughly… Read More
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How To Install Snap Fasteners
Snap fasteners are a fixture of countless accessories and clothing items—from cowboy shirts to tool rolls, handbags to raincoats—allowing effortless one-handed opening and clos… Read More
How To Install Rivets
Copper rivets are endlessly fashionable and create a nearly indestructible bond between two pieces of sturdy fabric or leather. From belts to holsters, tote bags to axe sheaths, rivets are… Read More
How To Repair a Garden Hose
Few things are worse than gearing up for spring gardening and finding that your hose is damaged and leaking. Our Garden Hose Repair… Read More
Vintage Toys
Many years ago, on a trip to Germany, we met Hans. He is an exceptionally well-dressed man in his late 50’s who is usually found wearing a wool suit with a bow tie and playing with s… Read More
General Tool Sharpening Tips
A great deal of the frustration and disappointment which people experience with woodcraft tools is caused by lack of guidance and instruction in the choice of those tools… Read More
Craig’s New England Apple Bread
Ingredients: ½ cup salted butter 1 cup maple syrup 2 large farm-fresh eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup oat or w… Read More
How To Drill Without Electricity
Annoying cords in the way? Rechargeable batteries that never seem to hold a charge? Who needs 'em. Muscle power did the job for centuries, and it's still freq… Read More
A Beginners Guide to Woodworking Tools
"Green" woodworking is an ideal way for beginners to get into woodworking. With these basic tools and a few basic techniques, almost anyone can pickup a fallen tree b… Read More
Keep Pests Away with a DIY Garden Cloche
It’s no surprise that chicken wire, however, unpretty it is, is essential for me because I was raised in the backwoods! Chicken wire is something we use for EVERYTHING. Last year I ha… Read More