Nick has seven years of experience in the home improvement industry. He started his career marketing for dozens of flooring providers and related home services across North America. Today, he is a ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Rainwater collection seems like a no-brainer for any type of new construction, especially for a house. Whether it's watering household plants, keeping the pool full or augmenting an entire landscape, ...

Spring rain does not deserve a quick trip down a storm drain. Every drop that splashes off a roof carries real value for ...

The idea that you can’t just set a barrel under your gutter and collect rain sounds almost rebellious. Water falls from the sky, lands on your roof, and somehow the government wants paperwork involved ...

Worried about California’s dry winter? Interested in installing a rainwater capture system from your roof? A new state ballot measure written by an East Bay lawmaker and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown ...

A well-designed gutter system is essential for channeling rainwater from your roof into storage containers. Make sure ...

Leslie Henderson stood outside Lazy Magnolia Brewery in Kiln, Mississippi on a rainy day in August 2019. "Every drop that hits the roof is used," she said. As co-founder and manager of the brewery, ...