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Handmade selling2 toolsPrice orders and check shop records.
Quilting2 toolsPlan borders and backing for your quilt.
Home projects3 toolsInvestigate electricity usage, compare quotes and plan projects.
- Electricity usage investigatorCompare interval meter readings, find changed hours and missing data, and check observed usage against your bill. Supported CSV or one-meter Green Button XML.
- Compare contractor quote scopeKeep original quote passages beside scope and budget differences, then print the questions to ask each contractor.
- Project WorkbenchKeep a woodworking plan, purchases and completed work together.
Gardening2 toolsExplore spring blooms and keep garden observations.
- WNC Bloom spring garden plannerSee how flowering trees and shrubs overlap from March through June in the North Carolina mountains. Illustrated scenes and approximate bloom windows.Opens on a separate site
- Keep a garden field notebookCapture a garden observation as a note or recorded clip, find it later, and keep a downloadable backup. No account or cloud transcription.
Outdoors2 toolsPlan a walk or a night under the stars.
- Loops walking route plannerChoose a starting point, distance and hill preference, then compare walking loops. Check local access and conditions before setting out.Opens on a separate site
- Blue Ridge Skyline stargazing plannerCompare dark hours, weather and mountain horizons to plan where and when to look at the night sky.Opens on a separate site
Files and data1 toolInspect changes between versions of text.
Bread baking1 toolKeep recipes and compare your bakes.
Amateur radio1 toolPractice Morse with your own word list.
Tabletop games1 toolPrint the prototype cards you changed.
Scale modelmaking1 toolPrint plans at the size you need.
Video editing1 toolAssemble subtitles for your cut.
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