sustainable design
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Never Buy These Things at a Yard Sale
At this time of year, yard sales and flea markets are in full swing. Not only do they offer the opportunity to pick up myriad items at reasonable prices and score some unique vintage finds, but buying secondhand is (usually) a more sustainable way of shopping.
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How to Keep Rain From Flooding Your Garden
Given how much destruction droughts can cause, it can be easy to forget the fact that having too much water is also a problem. And not only when a massive, area-wide flood drowns a town — just one heavy rainstorm can do a surprising amount of damage to a garden.