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Extreme Weather – 5 Home Protection Tips
The 2012 tornado season ramps up in March in the southern US, and gathers momentum as it moves north throughout the spring and early summer – about the time Atlantic hurricanes start setting a course...
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Trimming a Damaged Tree with a Reciprocating Saw
What do you do when you need to clean up a wind-damaged tree and you don’t own a chain saw? You work with what you’ve got. In my case, I had a reciprocating saw that showed promise and a portable...
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Stonehaven Garden Planting Cart – Woodworking Plans
The Stonehaven Garden Planting Cart is a unique multi-purpose tool designed for small backyard or patio gardens and greenhouses – and a great woodworking project. This lightweight cedar cart has a 15"...
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Bats Put the Bite on Mosquitoes
Are you afraid of bats? Don’t want them anywhere near you, your kids or your yard? You might want to think twice about vilifying these beneficial flying friends. Because a single bat can eat 500 –...
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The Art of Gravelling a Driveway
If you live in the city or the suburbs your driveway is likely to be surfaced with asphalt, concrete pavers or at the very least, a respectable layer of crushed rock. But hey, I live in an old...
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The Recycling Cycle
Stonehaven’s Greenhouse – our most unusual and useful landmark – is gone. R.I.P. Even though it outlived its life expectancy by nearly a decade, we knew it was becoming more vulnerable with each...
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How to Build Porch Skirting, Soffits & Fascias
Give your porch, veranda or deck that professionally finished look. Add the finishing touches to your project with deck skirt boards, a drip rail and lattice panels. The screened lattice panels prevent...
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Stonehaven’s Bow-Roof Greenhouse
My previous post – The Recycling Cycle – paid tribute to our former greenhouse as an inspirational example of a DIY project made with mostly recycled materials. Today I’ll share the history of how it...
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The Greater Purpose of Repurposing
Since this recycling project was designed and built based on the materials I had on hand – and it’s something I’m sure most of you don’t need – I’m treating it more as a philosophical exercise in...
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Quick & Easy Winter Driveway Markers
Anyone who lives in a snowy climate knows just how hard it can be to guess exactly where your driveway is once it’s buried under a foot or two of fresh snow. And if your driveway is almost 300 feet...
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