This Old Garden This month’s issue of This Old House has some dynamite ideas for customizing kitchen spaces for less money. But adding in the integrated idea of re-using sustainable materials culled from garage sales, estate sales, curbline cruising and thrift shop junkets,...

This fine weekend I was out and about taking pictures when I came upon a recycling and re-use opportunity. Huge virgin stacks of freshly cut project-perfect wood. And instead of walking on by, thinking nothing of the spectacle before me, my mind started working on a green bent. Was...

Clean water tables have less toxic pesticides Steps in green education and ecologically sound habits starts in training yourself to see re-use and sustainable reclamation from previously throwaway materials. The green living triumph occurs when instead of boxes stacked on the side...

Found wood makes great project wood Go on a wood gathering hike and capture project wood for fencing, treehouses, wood burning fireplaces and other projects. Natural reclaimed wood from the great outdoors cuts down on exhaust fumes from county trucks paid to stall diesel fumes while...

The finding of usable wood is best after storms have blown trees down and construction and tree trimming crews have visited the main areas. Picturesque branches and twisted twigs make great fence decorations for cottage style or bungalow yards and porches. Crews don’t have time...