Organize your shirts with the Army roll

By Nicholas Sarwark | November 3, 2013 |

I have a lot of t-shirts.  They’re kind of like a scrapbook of places I’ve been and things I did over the last 20 years.  The problem with a lot of t-shirts is that they get crumpled and jammed in to make them fit, making it hard to find the right one, popping the hardboard…

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Build a $50 workbench and start woodworking

By Nicholas Sarwark | October 15, 2013 |

A few weeks ago, I picked up a book at the library with some furniture projects I wanted to build around the house, “Ridiculously Simple Furniture Projects: Great Looking Furniture Anyone Can Build.”  Author Spike Carlsen breaks projects down into just one or two pages of instructions with beautiful pictures and minimal material and tool…

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Trying Out Square Foot Gardening

By Nicholas Sarwark | March 18, 2013 |

I’ve decided to give gardening another try even after last year’s abysmal results (about 4 small zucchini, a couple of beans, and 3-4 tiny tomatoes).  The soil at the house sucks and the previous owners did very little to care for the overgrown yard. This year, I’m going with a square foot garden. The concept…

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