Whether it’s a hack or a more formal system using a shop vacuum, any dust control is better than no dust control. It doesn’t have to be pretty or be built to last for ten years for it to be effective.

Cardboard is crucial for sheet mulching to kill a lawn, but critics say there's no science proving it works. All you really need, they say, is lots of wood chips.

Ok, so I have lots of old CDRs and big cardboard boxes littering my place that are a pain to dispose of. I was thinking it'd be nice to shred the stuff and then toss it. Well industrial grade ...