I love this video on shillelagh making by Eoin Reardon. Also, from another of his videos, I learned the wonderfully symmetrical rule about renewing the finish on a handle (and maybe a walking stick?): re-oil once a day for a week; once a week for a month; once a month for a year; then twice yearly.

New video: April 2024 in the garden

New video: Screen door, before painting.

New video: March 2024 in the Grotto. Two videos in one day! Will he keep up this breakneck pace? Assuredly, he will not.

New video: Nessie lives!. Wherein our killer bullfrog appears for the first time this season.

New video: Green Man’s Grotto, February 2024. A tour of our backyard garden at its worst, with a few ideas for the upcoming growing season.

New video: DIY gone wrong

Video of Bronson Cave, Spring Mill State Park

American Columbo is in bloom.

So when I heard that Third Man Records had a 7” of “A Glorious Dawn” available, the only decision left to me was priority shipping or media mail.