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How-To: Make a Worm Composting Bin

Vermicomposting: Zero Waste = A Vibrant Garden By Wendy Tremayne Daniel Tainow wishes to reunite fungus, bacteria, and invertebrate communities with the human communities of gardeners, eaters, and wearers of clothing. Tainow is the Compost Project Coordinator of the Queens Botanical Garden located in New York. He envisions a future in which there is no […]

Flashback: Backyard Birdhouse

Crafter Joe Szuecs, aside from being an all-around great guy, makes incredible, modern birdhouses for fancy feathered friends. I like to think that if Eichler had clients of the avian persuasion, this is what their custom homes would look like. Back in CRAFT Volume 04, Joe shared detailed instructions with us for making these lovely […]

Pull Tab Lampshade

Sean Ragan made this lampshade from soda pull tabs, interlocking them in an interesting way: Careful study of the photograph will probably tell you all you need to know about the chaining technique. Each tab is bent to approximately 120 degrees and then snipped at the top. The top loop of the tab is then […]