Plywood Hockey Boards

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Wintertime for some means a time to sit inside by a nice roaring fire. But for others, it’s the time to get outdoors and partake of winter sports. The big team sport in wintertime is ice hockey, something that I have to confess, people in the south have no concept of. Unlike other team sports, … Read more

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Large Sheds

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Many homeowners don’t seem to set their sights high enough when it comes to buying a garden shed. Most sheds are actually quite small and don’t accomplish much more than give you a place to store your lawnmower and a few other tools. If you want to use that shed for much more than a … Read more

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How to Make a Solar Chicken Coop

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As surprising as it may sound, chickens get cold. At least, they get cold if you happen to live in a part of the country where it gets cold in the winter. Actually, all animals struggle with cold winter weather, just the same as we do. Therefore, if we have those animals, we need to … Read more

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Building a Wargame Table

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Wargamers are a unique breed of people. I know, I used to be one, many years ago. Most wargamers I have known will go to great extents to make their games more real, spending time and money buying characters, building models and creating terrain to play on. This is not a new phenomenon, for I … Read more

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DIY Portable Shooting House

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Savvy hunters know the importance of keeping their prey from seeing them. While animals don’t have the highly developed thought processes of humans, they do recognize us and have learned to be wary of us, especially during hunting season. Hunters use a combination of strategies, such as wearing camouflage, to make themselves less visible to … Read more

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