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Just in time for Mothers’ Day!  Using beautiful bamboo and a favorite picture, you can make a unique and memorable gift for your mom that she will treasure for years.  You can find the bamboo at a local nursery or maybe it’s growing in your own backyard!  And because it is such a renewable and [...]

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Knitting evokes the image of little old ladies sitting around their nursing home in rocking chairs stitching together scarves and blankets and sweaters for all their grandkiddies.  But knitting is not for just for grandmas anymore! After suffering a downturn in popularity in the 80s when efficiency and modernity were all the rage, knitting is [...]

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For centuries, rainsticks have been used by native tribes for everything from ceremonial worship tool to musical instrument.  Most commonly, they are used to thank and appease the “rain spirits” to ensure the continuation of life-giving rain.  While some debate the origin of the rainstick (early examples have been discovered in South America and Southern [...]

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Bamboo Craft of The Month Do you have the desire to create your own flute?  How about making it out of one of the greenest materials possible – bamboo?  With a little help from www.backwoodshome.com, you will be well on your way to the sounds of melodies filling the air! Here’s what you will need: [...]

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