4. Llamas and Alpacas Beautiful animals. Not economical, but they seem to produce useful and desirable wool. Llamas have attitude. Alpacas a...

5. Sheep Dog Trials Lots of fun. It wasn't always clear what the dogs were supposed to do, but watching it for a while, you understood t...

6. Broom-making This shows Bob Haffly of Lone Oak Brooms in Pennsylvania making brooms by hand using antique equipment outside of the Hortic...

7. Hand-spinning This is Sunny Huppert, demonstrating how to spin rough wool and hair into yarn with a foot-powered wheel. She was working w...

8. Yarn and Stuff Last, but not least, there was a lot of yarn. MEGO: My Eyes Glaze Over ... I wouldn't know what to do with the stuff....

My recent meta-blog entry about Top 100 Gardening Sites, visit counters, and other technical matters, has spawned some interesting conversa...

(The title of this post comes from a favorite t-shirt of a friend of mine from many years ago.) If you ever visit New York City, a recent ar...

As of right now - and who knows what will happen in a few hours - Flatbush Gardener is listed as #49 on Top 100 Gardening Sites. If there...

[Updated 2006.10.15 13:15 EDT: Filled in #10: Market yourself.] By way of Pam's House Blend , I discovered these " 10 15 Ways to a...

I don't cook much, but I love to bake. Over the fall and winter I'll make cookies, cakes, rolls, bread, and so on, from scratch. It ...