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Garden Supplies
Best source for gardening tech Peaceful Valley Organic gardeners, both backyard and commercial, know this mail-order outfit as the premier source for organic farming supplies. They’ve got everything:...
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Memento Mori / Atlas Obscura
MEMENTO MORI – SPECTACULAR BOOK OF ESSAYS AND 500 PHOTOS OF THE DEAD AMONG US Memento Mori: The Dead Among Usby Paul KoudounarisThames and Hudson2015, 208 pages, 9 x 13.3 x 1 inches (hardcover) Buy on...
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What’s in my NOW? — Crystal Mangahas
Crystal Mangahas is an Associate Professor Business at a community college in her town, after a career in management consulting and non-profit management. She occasionally contributes to her friend’s...
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Gar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #197
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Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started eight years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations. The best of these are still valid and useful, so we’re...
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Hoses
Push & click hose adaptors Melnor Quick Connects These plastic quick connects from Melnor are the gobetweens for the hose and whatever nozzle, sprinklers or other hose-end attachments you may...
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On the Loom / Toys of the ‘50s, ’60s and ’70s
ON THE LOOM – A MODERN GUIDE TO WEAVING FOR CRAFTERS AND MAKERS On the Loom: A Modern Weaver’s Guideby Maryanne MoodieHarry N. Abrams2016, 144 pages, 9 x 9.5 x 0.8 inches (hardcover) Buy on Amazon As...
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Octave ukulele
For the past year and a half, I’ve been exploring the octave ukulele, a unique instrument that has brought me great joy. An octave ukulele is essentially a baritone ukulele fitted with octave strings....
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Book Freak 178: Carl Sagan’s guide to critical thinking
Get The Demon-Haunted World In The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan makes the case for science and critical thinking as essential tools for human progress and survival. The book is a celebration of...
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