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The Importance of Soil
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The Importance of Soil

Home gardeners and professionals alike know that crop failure, pest damage, and poor soil conditions can be major challenges, but no matter the scale of your growing area, the solution is the same:...

Craft ToolsHow to Install Snap Buttons

How to Install Snap Buttons

Adding snaps to an item is a great way to add utilitarian function that makes it convenient to open and close, even one-handed. Snaps can be inserted on a variety of items like a leather jacket or ...

GardeningWeather Instruments

Weather Instruments

Humans throughout history have had to reckon with patterns and forces of nature beyond their control. Hunting, farming, traveling, and building are all dependent on the right conditions; as a resul...

GrommetsHow To Install Grommets

How To Install Grommets

With our grommet setting kit you can repair or install grommets to any of your fabric items. Using our kit, you can place grommets in a multitude of fabrics including sail cloth and leather. This p...

Gypsy CaterpillarsGypsy Moth Caterpillars Meet the Zombie Apocalypse

Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Meet the Zombie Apocalypse

A Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Massachusetts – and maybe other states – started off this year’s growing season with a horrible infestation of Gypsy Moth caterpillars. By June they had covered the leav...

maker spotlightsA Conversation with Fay Butler, Metal Shaper

A Conversation with Fay Butler, Metal Shaper

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing world-renowned metal shaper Fay Butler, who lives and works in Hardwick, a small town in Central Massachusetts. Oddly enough, I met him in an ice cream b...