The opportunity to have a lot of different tools for a fraction of the cost? Sign me up! A lot of companies are coming out with some kind of combo trimmer product that allow you to purchase one “power head” and then a variety of different attachments. Instead of having a separate string trimmer (or weed wacker) and then a blower and pole saw and edger… now you can buy one unit and get the tool attachment that you want for a lot less. While other companies are doing this, we demoed Milwaukee’s “Quik-Lok” version. Here are 5 reasons why we think it’s the best:

Battery

If you’re already bought into a battery platform, the last thing that you want to do is start all over with another one, especially with most batteries running around $200 a piece. If you’re already into the Milwaukee platform, the Milwaukee Quik-Lok....

With the cost of food and a lot of other things on the rise, we’re looking for ways to save, conserve, and innovate. One of the ways to do this is gardening. For a fraction of the cost (and 4x the sweat equity) you can grow some of your groceries. Of course, there are some things to consider, but that’s what this episode is all about - helping you find a way to garden that’s fruitful (pun intended). So let’s break this down into two parts: hydroponics and garden choices.

Hydroponics

As complicated as it may seem, hydroponics is actually one of the simplest ways to garden. As Adam and Tanya explain in the video, it’s scalable, inexpensive, and there’s a variety of plants that it can work with. Hydroponics is gardening with just water, no soil. This may be ideal if you are very limited on space or just....

When it comes to targeting bass, few lures can match the versatility and effectiveness of a swimbait. Designed to mimic baitfish, swimbaits offer a natural presentation that appeals to aggressive bass in all types of environments. Their natural profile, realistic action, and ability to imitate nearly every forage species make them one of the most effective search baits in bass fishing. This is where swimbaits shine their brightest. Swimbaits were born to cover water.

While smallmouth are often associated with rocks, points, and offshore structure, some of the biggest fish in a system spend much of their time roaming open water. One of the biggest mistakes anglers make when fishing a swimbait offshore is treating open-water fish like they're relating to a specific piece of structure. More often than not, they're following bait. If you can find....

When it comes to spacing out fence posts, there is an easy way (eyeball it and guess) and there is a better way. In the article below we explain what a rod measurement is and how far apart you should space fence posts.

What Is a "Rod" Measurement In Fencing?

On the American prairie where fences were constructed of posts and wire, farmers would place fence posts a "rod" (16.5 feet) apart.

In addition to being about the right distance to support a wire fence, this helped early farmers and ranchers quickly estimate the number of posts needed (80 rods is a quarter mile).

Using a "rod" layout as unit of measurement was also useful when plowing a field.

By spacing posts a rod apart, the farmer had permanent markers to use when setting uplands. Farmers took great pride in being able to plow a straight furrow.

A quicker/easier method of fencing a....