In this video, I build a timberframe pergola to serve as a sturdy structure for a wood-fired brick oven. Utilizing rough sawn sassafras lumber, I demonstrate joinery techniques such as mortise and ...

In this video, I demonstrate the process of building a timberframe pergola designed to support a wood-fired brick oven. Using rough sawn sassafras lumber, I collaborate with a friend to dimension the ...

The upcoming holiday season bodes many social engagements with all the seasonal trappings. No doubt all of these parties will include liquid refreshments, some hard, some soft and many sparkling. It ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

While walking on the Stage Trail at Hickory Run State Park, I was attracted to several unusual bronze, golden and yellow leaves beneath my feet. I put some little "mitten" shaped leaves in my pocket ...

Once in awhile, on the way down the lane, my granddad would stop the truck, reach out the window and break off some twigs of sassafras. I don’t remember the root beer taste; it was more the novelty of ...