Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

Gutters play a major role when it comes to managing rain water. Without gutters, rain can run off your roof and onto the ground near your foundation, potentially splattering dirt on your siding or ...

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

The rain barrel is such a simple solution for so many problems, from controlling moisture around and under homes to easing runoff pollution and providing a source of free water for irrigation. And for ...

Rain barrels can save homeowners tons of money on their water bills. Nick Huebner from Keeney Home Services joins Amy outside to talk about how easy it is to install a rain barrel to your gutters and ...

Harvesting rainwater is an environmentally friendly practice that can cut down on stormwater runoff and help protect a home's foundation by keeping water away. One method is as easy as installing a ...

While a big orange barrel in a backyard may not seem like much at first, it can actually be a great tool to save tons of ...

In today's lesson, Left Tool teachers how he installed his gutter downspout drain to keep runoff water out of his yard, and his neighbor's yard. Watch how we install a gutter drain that actually works ...

If you are stuck without rain gutters on your house, dealing with all that water runoff can be a pain—DIY web site Instructables has a guide to creating a gutter-free rain barrel so you can put that ...