Top 10 Skill-Building Resources

Looking for a rainy-day project? How about learning an instrument, taking up a new type of art, or building something you can use around the farm?

Give one of our readers’ favorite posts a try:

You Can Teach Yourself Dobro

10. You Can Teach Yourself Dobro

Why Cowboys Sang

9. Why Cowboys Sang

Free LSU Building Plans

8. Free LSU Building Plans

Rosewood: Southeast Asian, Amazonian & Honduran

7. Rosewood: Southeast Asian, Amazonian, & Honduran

5 Things Every Beginning Charcoal Artist Needs

6. 5 Things Every Beginning Charcoal Artist Needs

Understanding Musical Keys

5. Understanding Musical Keys: Characteristics

Pros and Cons of Laminated Woods for Guitarists

4. Pros and Cons of Laminated Woods for Guitarists

Choosing Picks for Banjo

3. Choosing Picks for Banjo

How to Play Minor Chords on a Dobro

2. How to Play Minor Chords on a Dobro

Top 10 Bluegrass Songs You Should Know

1. Top 10 Bluegrass Songs You Should Know

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Four-time author Michelle Lindsey owns and operates Homestead on the Range, an independent publisher dedicated to helping Kansans and others around flyover country achieve an abundant country lifestyle. She is a serious history enthusiast, specializing in Kansas, agriculture, and the American West. When not pursuing hobbies ranging from music to gardening to birdwatching, she can usually be found researching or writing about her many interests.