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Barred Owl Nest Box Plans: How to Build a Barred Owl House
Designed to attract barred owls, I used scraps of cedar fence and pine tongue & groove cutoffs to build the big birdhouse.
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Matchbox Restorations: Restoring a Lesney No. 25 Bedford Dunlop Van
Picked up at a flea market for $1 and painted by a previous owner, this classic Matchbox van from 1956 was the perfect candidate for a restoration.
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How to Make an Elephant Planter: Simple DIY Planter Plans
Step-by-step instructions for building an interesting little elephant planter box from scraps of mahogany.
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Build a Fly-Through Hanging Platform Bird Feeder (With Roof)
This attractive hanging platform bird feeder is simple to make and offers a seed tray to attract a wide variety of birds including cardinals, chickadees and bluebirds.
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DIY Birdhouse Plans: Build an Easy Multi-Bird Family Condo
Built for the birds, this interesting birdhouse design has three separate units and has fledged several families of bluebirds and wrens. A few repurposed and salvaged bits add whimsy and transform a basic birdhouse into a unique piece of yard art.
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How I Made This Custom Guitar Pedal Board
Building your own guitar pedal board doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. This simple rack is easy to make and built sturdy to take abuse, and it keeps your stomp boxes organized with the cables tucked neatly underneath.
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How to Build a Winter Roosting Box: DIY Barn Wood Project for the Birds
As winter approaches, birds seek shelter from the cold. A roosting box provides protection from the harsh winter weather and allows several birds to huddle together to conserve energy by sharing body warmth.
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Barnwood Birdhouse Plans: How to Build a Rustic Handcrafted Birdhouse
This unique birdhouse is handcrafted from rustic barn wood and repurposed pine. Made for the birds, the birdhouse will make a great home for a variety of cavity-nesting birds, including chickadees and wrens.
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Turning Driftwood Into a Whale Wall Art Sculpture
Turning pieces of driftwood into sculpture is fun, challenging, and rewarding. Half the fun is finding driftwood while walking along Humarock Beach. The other half is fitting the pieces together to create a driftwood whale sculpture.
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How to Build a Multi-Unit Birdhouse: Simple DIY Birdhouse Plans
Step-by-step instructions for building an interesting multi-unit birdhouse with three separate nest boxes. Built for the birds, this design has fledged several families of bluebirds and wrens. A few repurposed and salvaged bits add character and whimsy, transforming a basic birdhouse into folk art.
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How to Make a Spy Window Birdhouse for Watching Baby Birds
Watch as the birds build their nest, lay eggs, and raise their babies. Step-by-step instructions make it easy to build a hanging birdhouse with a clear plastic window to see inside the nesting box.
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How to Repurpose an Antique Sewing Machine Base Into a Unique Table
Turn a vintage sewing machine stand into an interesting and useful table. I purchased the base for $10 and made the top from pieces of salvaged lumber (free!).
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How to Make a Nesting Shelf for Robins: DIY Nest Box Plans
DIY plans with photos and step-by-step instructions for building a robin nesting shelf.
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Cover Us: Our Favorite Bruce Springsteen Cover Songs Played Live in Concert
Our favorite collection of Bruce Springsteen covers of other artists' song, captured live in concert.
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How to Make a Suet Cake Bird Feeder With a Tail Prop for Woodpeckers
This simple bird feeder for holding suet cakes is easy to make. The extended tail prop makes it easy for woodpeckers to balance while feasting on the suet.
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Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Chalet-Style Bluebird Birdhouse
This article contains step-by-step instructions with photos for building a stylish bluebird birdhouse that the birds will actually use. Adding a few extra details adds character and makes your birdhouse unique.
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How to Build a Duplex Condo Birdhouse
Two birdhouses in one unique design! A step-by-step plan for building a birdhouse with two separate nest boxes, each with its own entrance.
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How to Build a License Plate Birdhouse: 4 DIY Birdhouse Plans
Unique ideas with plans for making decorative birdhouses using old license plates. These are functional birdhouses that birds will actually use to raise their families.
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DIY Bird Feeder Plans: A Country Store Platform Bird Feeder
Build a platform bird feeder that is designed to look like a rustic country store.
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Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Simple 6-Sided Birdhouse
This unique birdhouse is built for the birds! Simple to make, the six-sided dovecote style birdhouse looks great in the garden and it is designed to attract bluebirds.
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Companion Planting: Tomatoes, Marigolds, and Basil
Enhance your vegetable garden's health and appearance by incorporating companion flowers and herbs that attract beneficial insects, repel pests, and enrich the soil.
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How to Grow Blueberry Bushes in Your Backyard
Ever wanted to grow your own blueberries? Not sure how? It's possible, don't worry! Here are some tips, tricks, and methods for planting blueberry bushes and growing blueberries in your backyard.
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How to Feed Birds in Winter: Bird Feeders, Shelter and Drinking Water
Here are some winter bird feeding tips on bird feeders, shelter and drinking water.
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Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Rustic Decorative Bluebird Birdhouse
These decorative birdhouses are built for the birds! Birdhouses designed with the birds in mind have a higher chance of attracting tenants, and adding a bit of whimsey makes them look good too!
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How to Make a Wooden Whale Carving (With a Driftwood Stand)
This charming little whale sculpture is an easy project that is great for beginner wood carvers. Cut out the blank shape, sand, and then mount to a piece of driftwood.
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How to Pot, Plant, Divide and Grow Water Lilies
Complete instructions and tips for how to plant, grow, and divide hardy water lilies for healthier, bigger blooms.
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The First Blooms of Spring: How and When to Prune Forsythia Bushes
How and when to prune forsythias for the most blooms as well as the largest blooms, year after year.
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Our Winter Landscape: Adding Year Round Interest Garden Design
For year-round interest, design your northern garden with all four season in mind. When the blooms fade, a well-planned winter garden still looks great.
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Christmas Card Projects: How To Make a Christmas Memory Ornament
Turn a Christmas photo card into a handcrafted ornament that captures the holiday magic and displays the memories year after year. Christmas Memory Ornaments make great gifts for friends and family.
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3 Ways to Improve the Performance of a Contractor Table Saw
My contractor table saw came with a stamped steel fence. Replacing the factory fence with a Biesemeyer fence dramatically improved its performance, safety and enjoyment factor.
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How to Choose the Right Birdhouse to Attract Birds to Your Yard
Not all birdhouses are made for the birds. Always choose a birdhouse that meets the bird's basic requirements.
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Drill Press Sanding Drums: Turn Your Drill Press into a Sanding Station
Product Review: Increase the versatility of your drill press by adding a sanding drum attachment.
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Is a Brad Nailer Right for You? (DIY Arts & Crafts)
I'm an experienced woodworker and craftsman who uses a brad nailer. Here are my thoughts on whether having one would be useful for your arts and crafts endeavors.
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Driftwood Folk Art: How to Make a Driftwood Birdhouse
This is a DIY craft project for making a decorative birdhouse from pieces of driftwood. This is a functional birdhouse that birds will actually use.
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Raising Chickens for Eggs: Our Urban Chicken Coop
Tips on raising backyard chickens for eggs that are healthy and taste great. There really is a difference between the fresh eggs from your own backyard flock of chickens, and eggs from the store
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How to Make a Wooden Cutting Board: Whale Cutting Board Plans
DIY plans and step-by-step instructions for making a cutting board with a whale shaped insert.
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How to Build a Lighthouse Birdhouse: Decorative Birdhouse Design Plans
DIY birdhouse plans with step-by-step instructions to build a decorative birdhouse that resembles a lighthouse.
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How and When to Prune Buddleia Butterfly Bushes to Attract More Butterflies
This article will provide tips for periodically pruning butterfly bushes to produce the most blooms, year after year.
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How We Designed and Created Our Rock Gardens: Landscaping Our Yard With Rocks and Boulders
When the landscape gives you boulders and stones, create a garden that rocks! Learn how to use rocks and boulders to create interesting garden designs with year-round appeal.
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How to Make a Homemade Mosquito Trap
Got mosquitoes? Trying to get rid of them without going out to buy traps? Use these plans to make a DIY organic mosquito trap. The secret of this homemade trap is the addition of yeast to the bait mixture! It's easy.
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How to Build a Ladybug House & Invite Them Into Your Garden
DIY plans with step-by-step instructions, photos and diagrams for building a ladybug house. Plus, ladybug facts and tips for attracting ladybugs into the garden.
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Native New England Plants in Our Woodland Garden
Our woodland garden is filled with a variety of native plants including Jack-in-the-Pulpit and Indian Pipes, and mixed with ornament shrubs and flowers that attract birds, bugs and other critters.
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Spring Fishing in Maine: Trolling for Landlocked Salmon
Here are some tips for landlocked salmon fishing on East Grand Lake (Maine) using spoons or flies.
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How to Make a Mason Bee House
DIY plans with step-by-step instructions for making a mason bee house.
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How to Winterize a Lawn Mower
Winterizing a lawn mower isn't difficult or time-consuming and only requires a few basic tools. Follow these simple DIY tips for winterizing a lawn mower, and your mower will start more easily next spring.
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The Original 16 Hot Wheels Cars From 1968: The Redline Era
This list includes the original 16 Hot Wheels cars first released in 1968, plus fun facts about the die-cast toys.
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How to Make a Toy Bulldozer
DIY plans and step-by-step instructions for building this toy wooden bulldozer.
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Bats in Halloween Folklore and History: Fun Facts & Myths
Why are bats associated with Halloween? Learn some quick history on bats and the role they play in our favorite macabre holiday. Includes fun facts and myths about bats.
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What is Wampum? Searching for Wampum Shells
A brief history of Wampum, and collecting Wampum shells on the beach
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Bottle Opener History: From Cap Lifters to Speed Openers
A brief history of bottle caps and the bottle opener designs to remove these new fangled caps from our favorite bottled beverages.
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How We Built Our Pet Pygmy Goats Pen
Welcome to our goat pen! Meet Oliver and Delilah, our pet Pygmies, and see how we built our new goat pen to provide shelter from weather and predators.
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How to Make a Shorebird Silhouette Decoy: Rustic Handcrafted Folk Art
Patterns and step-by-step instructions for making a simple shorebird decoy. Start with this basic decoy carving blank, and then add details
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My HO Model Railroad Layout
Take a tour of my HO model railroad. Set in the 1950s, my mid-sized layout features around-the-wall construction and a good 'nuff level of modeling. Mostly, it is a lot of fun.
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Invasive Weeds: How to Control Nutsedge in Your Lawn
Nutsedge is a invasive, glass-like weed that spreads quickly through the lawn. It is also very difficult to control. Here's how we stopped the Nutsedge invasion.
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How to Mix a Great Martini
5 Classic Martini Recipes
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How to Make a Great Margarita
Margaritas are one of the most popular cocktails. Here are five classic recipes for mixing the best-tasting margarita.
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Snakes, Salamanders, and More in Connecticut Yards and Gardens
An ongoing log of the many different visitors in our backyard. This time, it's reptiles and amphibians.
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Window Planter Box Plans: How to Build a Window Box
Use these DIY planter box plans with step-by-step instructions to build a window box yourself!
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How to Make Compost Tea: The Organic Energy Drink for Plants
Make a compost tea brewing system from a few basic materials, then make effective compost tea from kitchen waste, leaves, and other organic matter. While there are many commercial products available, making a simple and effective compost tea brewing system is an easy DIY project.
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How to Pan Fry a Burger
Three Easy Steps to Cooking Better Pan Fried Burgers
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How to Build a Rain Garden for Catching Rainwater
Plant a rain garden to catch runoff from rainfall and melting snow. I'll show you how I made one, along with tips for your own rainwater garden.
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How to Sharpen Lawn Mower Blades
DIY step-by-step instructions with photos for how to sharpen your lawn mower blade. Save money by sharpening it yourself.
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How to Build a Barn Owl Nesting Box: Barn Owl Nest Box Plans
DIY plans for building a nest box designed for barn owls, with step-by-step instructions for building the owl box
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How and When to Prune Lilacs for Bigger Blooms
How and when you prune your lilac bushes has a direct impact on the number and size of springtime blooms. This article tells you everything you need to know.
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How to Grow Fig Trees in Containers
I offer tips for growing figs in northern climates, where the winter cold can kill the fruit trees. Try growing the figs in containers and moving them inside for the winter.
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How to Build a Kestrel Nesting Box
DIY plans and step-by-step instructions to build a kestrel nesting box.
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How to Repaint Metal: Restoring and Painting a Rusted Metal Project
DIY step-by-step instructions for restoring and refinishing metal projects.
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How to Cook the Perfect Rib-Eye Steak
This article contains a simple cooking technique for a delicious, pan-seared steak.
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16 Ideas for Birdhouses, Feeders, and Nesting Box Plans and Designs
Ideas and inspiration for making several different types of wooden bird boxes.
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Mouse Traps That Work: How to Trap a Mouse
An overview of the different types of mouse traps available in the market today, and how to use them to catch mice and get them out of your home.
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Best Bruce Springsteen Covers by Other Artists
A collection of songs written by Bruce Springsteen that were recorded by other artists, including 10,000 Maniacs, Bono, and Ed Sheeran.
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How to Winterize Your Pond: A Step-by-Step Guide
Preparing your pond for fall and winter—tips for getting your pond, fish, and plants ready to survive the cold weather.
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Collecting Lionel Trains
Tips for collecting vintage Lionel trains, with photos of my Lionel train collection and O-scale layout.
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How to Make a Toad House From a Flower Pot
A DIY crafting project for making a toad house from a flower pot, and then adding Wampum to decorate the outside of the toad abode.
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How and When to Plant and Prune Raspberry Bushes
This guide provides tips and tricks for pruning raspberries properly for growing more fruit every season. Includes advice on general care for these wonderful plants.
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Growing Carnivorous Plants That Eat Bugs
Carnivorous plants have specialized growing requirements and interesting eating habits. Here is basic information on growing these bug-eating plants.
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Shorebird Decoy Patterns: How to Make Folk Art Decoys
Patterns, photos and step-by-step instructions for creating simple Folk Art decoys. Start with a basic carving blank, and then add details and paint to finish your own shorebird decoy.
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7 Steps for Handling Customer Complaints
This article includes seven steps for dealing with angry customers and improving your customer service skills.
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How to Attract More Birds to Your Backyard Bird Feeder
Offering different types of bird feeders filled with a variety of wild bird seed increases the number and variety of birds that will search for a meal in your backyard.
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How to Catch Blue Crabs
My simple, tried-and-true techniques and tips for catching and cooking blue crabs. I've even included a recipe for blue crab cakes!
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How to Make a Rubber Band-Powered Catapult
DIY plans and step-by-step instructions for making a model catapult that really works and actually flings small objects!
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Catching Stripers with Sea Clams: Striped Bass Fishing Techniques
Tips, tackle and technique for catching striped bass by drifting pieces of clam.
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How to Build a Wood Duck Nest Box
DIY plans with photos, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for building a nest box that is specially designed for wood ducks.
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Living With Nature: How to Create a Wildlife-Friendly Garden
Our backyard is an NWF-certified wildlife habitat, providing the local wildlife with their four essential requirements: food, water, shelter, and places to raise their young.
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Displaying Vinyl Records: How to Make an Album Cover Frame
Album cover frames are perfect for displaying the cover art from your favorite LP records. This article shows you how to make your own DIY album cover frames with photos and step-by-step instructions.
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Making Wooden Birdhouses: Ideas, Plans, and Designs
Birdhouse designs, plans, and inspiration for building handcrafted wooden birdhouses and nesting boxes. These birdhouses are made for the birds!
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How to Make a Portable Work Surface and Paintbrush Holder for Crafters
Repurpose and upcycle a tin container into a unique and useful paintbrush holder for your favorite artist. This article contains step-by-step instructions to keep your supplies neat and organized.
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DIY Metal Trellis Plans: How to Make a Garden Trellis from Copper Pipe
DIY plans, diagram and step-by-step instructions to make a garden trellis from copper pipe
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How to Hang Bird Feeders
Attract more birds to your yard by hanging the right bird feeders and offering the right birdseed.
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Screech Owl House Plans: How to Build a Screech Owl Box
DIY plans for building a screech owl nesting box. This article includes diagrams, photos and step-by-step instructions for building and hanging an owl house.
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Building a Backyard Koi Pond: How We Built Our Little Water Garden Around Rocks and Under Trees
Rocks, trees and a slope didn't stop us from building an unconventional garden pond. And the results were worth the effort!
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Birdhouse Ideas: Three DIY Birdhouse Plans
This article provides birdhouse plans with step-by-step instructions to build three different and unique DIY birdhouses.
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DIY Closet Organizer Plans: How to Customize Your Closet
DIY tips for designing a custom closet using materials from any home center.
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Rustic Birdhouse Ideas: How to Use Salvaged Wood, Reclaimed Lumber, and Old Pallets
Reusing found lumber and wood scraps to make rustic-looking birdhouses is a great and affordable method. These birdhouse ideas include DIY plans, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for you.
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How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden
A helpful guide for attracting butterflies to your garden, including what to put in your garden (like marigolds and colorful geraniums), what to stay away from, and the benefits of butterfly houses for your garden visitors.
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Making Scrap Wood Projects from Pallets, Reclaimed Wood and Salvaged Lumber
Reclaim, re-use and re-purpose to give new life to old lumber.
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How to Care for Chickens in Cold Weather
This is a guide for feeding, watering, and caring for chickens during the cold Northeastern winters.
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Table Saw Push Stick Plans: How To Make A Push Stick
DIY plans with step-by-step instructions for making your own push stick
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How to Attract Hummingbirds With Plants and Flowers
A guide on choosing flowers and plants that attract hummingbirds, plus how to use a feeder and create a hummingbird nectar that the little birds will love.
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How to Build a Butterfly House: Easy DIY Butterfly House Plans
DIY plans with photos and step-by-step instructions for making a butterfly house. Our version of the butterfly box is made from pieces of salvaged mahogany.
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How To Attract Bluebirds: Tips on Providing the Right Foods, Plants and Nest Boxes
Plants, feeders and birdhouses for attracting bluebirds in your yard -- and getting them to stay.
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Bluebird Birdhouse Plans: How to Build a Peterson Slant-Front Style Bluebird House
Build your own Peterson bluebird nest box plans with these step-by-step instructions. Entice more of these beautiful birds to visit with our tips for attracting bluebirds into your garden.
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How to Store Bird Seed
This article will provide tips for bird seed storage to keep it fresh and away from rodents. Learn about using various types of bird seed and which birds they attract.
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Catching Striped Bass and Bluefish by Trolling With a Tube and a Worm
Tips, tackle and techniques for catching stripers by trolling with a tube and a worm.
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How to Make a Bluebird Feeder (Bluebird Feeder Plans)
DIY plans with photos and step-by-step instructions for making a bluebird feeder. This feeder lets the bluebirds in but keeps bigger birds out.
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How to Make an Oriole Feeder by Repurposing a Metal Garden Stake
Follow these DIY instructions for making a simple, homemade oriole feeder using oranges or other pieces of fruit.
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Catching Striped Bass With Sandworms
Tips and techniques for using sandworm bait to catch striped bass, plus facts you probably didn't know about the fish species.
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Shed Hunting: How to Find Deer Antler Sheds
Tips for finding deer antler sheds, including where to look and what to look for, to increase your chances on find a shed antler.
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Fishing For Fluke: How To Tie A Fluke Rig
Tips for tying fluke rigs and flounder rigs, plus tips for catching more fish
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The Good Bugs in the Garden: Attracting Beneficial Insects
Organic gardening depends on maintaining the fragile balance between the plants and veggies against the bugs that want to eat them. The best defense is teaming up with the beneficial insects.
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Increasing Closet Space: How To Install A Closet Organizer
Installing A Closest Organizer: An easy DIY project for increased closest space
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How to Get Rid of Groundhogs, Woodchucks and Voles
Get tips for keeping groundhogs and voles out of your garden. Remove these pests before they eat your hostas, perennials, vegetables, and other garden plants.
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Raising Chickens in the Backyard: Our Urban Chicken Coop
Practical tips and ideas in planning for an urban chicken coop, and keeping a small flock of chickens in the backyard
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Bluebird House Plans: How to Build a Simple DIY Bluebird House
This article shares DIY bluebird birdhouse plans with step-by-step instructions for building a nest box.
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How to Grow and Divide Hosta Plants
Hostas are hardy plants and a staple in northern shade gardens. Knowing how and when to divide them can add more healthy plants to your garden.
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How to Build a Rock Fire Pit With Fieldstone in 5 Easy Steps
Follow this step-by-step guide to building a DIY fieldstone fire pit that your family and friends will enjoy for many years to come.
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How To Lay Down Sod: Tips For Laying Sod
Tips for laying down sod for a green and healthy lawn
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My Woodshop Storage Ideas: Recycling Kitchen Cabinets Into Garage Storage Units
This DIY project repurposes used kitchen cabinets into useful garage storage units.
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Jurassic Path: How to Make Stepping Stones With Dinosaur Prints
Add a prehistoric accent to your gardens and landscape with an ambling pathway of DIY dinosaur tracks. This article includes photos, diagrams and step-by-step instructions.
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Fishing for Striped Bass: How to Catch Stripers by Drifting Bait
One of my favorite methods for catching striped bass is drifting bait through the current. Here are a few tips for striper bait and tackle.
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How to Make a DIY Deer Feeder With a Bin and Feed Tray
DIY plans and step-by-step instructions for building a homemade deer feeder.
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How to Build a Bat House: Plans, Photos, and Instructions
DIY plans for building a bat house with an image of a flying bat. This article includes diagrams, photos and step-by-step instructions for building and hanging a bat box.