Recently, I wrote an article sharing some great answers to the question, "People born before 1990, what handy skill do you have that no one uses anymore?" In response, people shared even more "handy ...

I was talking to a neighbor a while back, and we got on the subject of tractors. Her family had a small Ford tractor they called “the pony.” She didn’t know the model year, but it was a handy ...

After writing about Paul Taylor last week, a memory returned from my time with him. We were walking across the Berkeley ...

The Sawmill Museum in Clinton, Iowa, is gearing up for a Thomas Dambo install in 2026. A needed component is lumber and waste wood from projects. The museum is specifically looking for 9000 board feet ...

Lumber futures are down moderately, from a three-month high of $614 per thousand board feet to $590, mostly due to a soft housing market (pending home sales slid by 9.3% in December 2025) and slow ...

Researchers have found two wooden tools crafted and used by humans at a site some 430,000 years ago. One tool is made of alder wood and the other of willow or poplar. The objects represent the oldest ...