sustainable design

  • Never Buy These Things at a Yard Sale

    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.


  • How to Keep Rain From Flooding Your Garden

    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.