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 Country looks back at some of the biggest and best stories of the past 12 months, including readers’ favourites, news events and those yarns that gave us a glimpse into rural lives and livelihoods ...

Want to know about all the types of wood in Minecraft? Wood is one of Minecraft’s most iconic resources. It is a starter resource for many players, jumpstarting their tools and allowing for the first ...

The WOOD TV+ stream allows you to watch all News 8 broadcasts and eightWest episodes live. You can also watch WOOD TV+ original content along with programming from ...

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 ...

Hardwoods, known as broadleafs, are trees classed as angiosperms with ovules enclosed for fruit protection. When appropriately watered on good fertile sites or fed in the landscape with a unique tree ...

Lumber prices stabilized post-pandemic, remaining between $500-$700 per thousand board feet. International Paper focuses on industrial packaging, enhancing operations with the DS Smith acquisition.

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 ...