Comments on: Book Review: Made by Hand

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:28:55 +0000

MBT — I’m not on Instructables. I like to read through it to see what’s on there, but I’ve never submitted anything.

By: MrBrownThumb

MrBrownThumb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:03:27 +0000

Sounds like a cool book. I’m not much of a Maker, but I like to read all the mag and website in the genre. Are you on Instructables? I used to post instructables there when I was one of a few gardeners who posted garden related stuff. Now there’s a bunch of garden hackers on there. I still read although I don’t contribute much to the site anymore.

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:46:44 +0000

Monica — Ugly rain barrels and compost bins are awesome

Meems — It’s a fun read. I hope you like it!

Fern — Yes! I saw your tweet about the pallet — can’t wait to see how it all turns out.

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:29:38 +0000

Great review, I’ll have to check this book out. It really bums me out how ingrained that “throw it out and buy a new one” mentality has become in our society. I dug a pallet out of the trash behind a grocery store today so that I can refashion it into a planter box. I’m tired of the pressure to always buy new instead of refashioning something out of reused items.

By: meemsnyc

meemsnyc — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:51 +0000

This sounds like a cool book. Will have to check it out. Thanks!

By: Monica the Garden Faerie

Monica the Garden Faerie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:29:05 +0000

LOL, I like my bread slightly overcooked, but I’m right there with you. I never thought of perfection like that before, but, yeah, it implies you’re done. Who wants to be done? Never! Have I mentioned how proud I am of my ugly rain barrels? Or my even uglier compost bin, which I made myself? Holla!