Eco-friendly solutions ... inspired by worms!

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Tom Szaky started out as a young man with a dream and a whole lot of . . . worm poop. Really! He first encountered a worm composter as a student at Princeton, and once he saw how organic fertilizer was born, he was hooked.

5 uses for old gift cards

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Long after you spent the money on them, gift cards can save you a bundle. Handy TOH reader Bill Tuscano clued us in about all the things he does with his used cards.

1. Use as a Straightedge

Keep a few cards in your workshop for marking cuts on small pieces of trim and other materials.

2. Spot-fix a tile floor

Why dirty a trowel when gluing down a few loose tiles? Instead, snip off one edge of a card with pinking shears to make a zigzag edge, use it to apply the mastic, then toss it.

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Eco-friendly solutions ... inspired by worms!

5 uses for old gift cards