Growing Rice at Home
Make great grains in 2024 by adding Carolina Gold Rice to your garden.
Written by: Lauren
How To
Ikea Kitchen Cabinets Installation 102
So you’re back for more Ikea Kitchen Cabinets fun? Didn’t have enough in our Ikea Cabinets 101 article? Or just couldn’t wait to find out how it all turns out? Well, be glad you tuned …
Written by: Matt
How to Install Ikea Cabinets 101
So the running joke when I was younger was “IKEA: We give you almost everything you need!”. I knew some people that were huge fans. While others thought it was the absolute worst. Say what …
Written by: Matt
How to Refinish a Table Top Like a Pro
It happens. Your once-pristine bar top or kitchen wooden table top has begun to show signs of wear and tear from daily use. Or, apparently in our case, a troop of chimpanzees with markers, ball …
Written by: Steve W
How To Use A Ticking Stick – Reproduce Complex Contours With This Old Trick
So you need to match a counter top to the chaotic contours of a nook with janky juts, crazy crannies and wildly out-of-whack corners, huh? Or maybe you’re building a project with mating irregular lines …
Written by: Steve
How to Make a California Drywall Patch
If you’re a homeowner and the phrase “hole-in-the-wall” causes moderate anxiety, you’re not alone. Traditional drywall repairs are wrought with frustration, despair, and defeat. But there is an easier way. In this tutorial, we’ll show …
Written by: Steve W
Gardening, How To, Landscaping, Videos
How to Replace Sprinkler Heads to Avoid Future Breaks
The Internet is filled with advice on how to replace sprinkler heads. Why? Because sprinkler heads get broken ALL THE TIME. What if when you replace your next broken sprinkler head, you could dramatically reduce …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Building Materials, Featured, How To, Landscaping
How To Install Rubber Mulch for Playgrounds – More Bounce Per Ounce
I have been in a gradual process of installing a play set in our backyard. By “gradual”, I mean the risk of my kids outgrowing the set before completion was what finally got me to …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Gardening, How To, Landscaping
How To Remove And Sharpen A Lawn Mower Blade – Safely And Easily
If the owner of your lawn mower is anything like the owner of mine, they sometimes neglect the blade for way too long. What can I say? If it still cuts, sharpening tends to slip …
Written by: Steve
How To Make And Install a Curbside Mailbox Post
Email and texting have all but eradicated hand written letters. But your home still needs a mailbox. After all, who’s heart doesn’t pitter-patter at the sight of bills and other junk mail? Mine sure does! …
Written by: Steve