How much do we love 5-gallon buckets? Well, I once wrote that the guy who dies with the most 5-gallon buckets wins – and no guy called to argue otherwise. Now comes a new book that will help ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For affordable and strong-quality tools, many people go to Harbor Freight. From power and hand tools to materials for all kinds of jobs, the ...

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there’s a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. And a large trash bag can be used for a variety of projects in your workshop.

Would-be urban gardeners faced with the space constraints of a tiny terrace or fire escape typically rely on planters designed expressly for that purpose. But a large wooden planter from a home and ...

The buckets' plastic has the advantage of being easy to cut with the proper tools. Five-gallon buckets are ubiquitous and cheap. But did you know they can also be hacked, hod-rodded, reengineered, and ...

Gold Shaw Farm shows how to grow thriving chestnut trees in simple 5-gallon buckets. An unusual trend in the economy is ...

If there’s any holiday that is worth adjusting for strange times, it’s gotta be Halloween. Are you inclined to leave a bowl of candy on the porch to avoid the doorbell? If so, this is the perfect year ...

President Reagan tried to slow it down. President Bush declared a 90-day moratorium. President Clinton vowed to hold down its costs. Every recent president, it seems, has tried to get a handle on ...

In October 1987, 10-month-old Tatiana Harris drowned in her family’s kitchen on Chicago’s Far South Side. She was found wedged headfirst in a bucket of water used to flush a broken toilet and left ...