Recycled concrete

We recently grabbed some old concrete pieces for projects at our neighbors. We have so many different ideas, including using one for a step up into our chicken coop.

Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste concrete and combining it with captured carbon dioxide.

With a little creativity and a bit of work, old broken concrete can be upcycled into unique urbanite hardscapes for your garden.

Some years back our sister Margaret was married and she and her husband David had their wedding reception at Margaret’s boss’s house in Carmel, California. The wedding and the reception were great, but touring her boss’s whole house renovation was an additional delight that held our interest for much of the afternoon. Needless to say, …

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To save money I’ve been reusing broken-up old concrete paths & relaying it as crazy paving. Here is how I built a cheap and (hopefully) beautiful new path.

Breaking up a concrete-slab

My contractor Chris Gilliam found a place locally where he was allowed to pick over the concrete (free!) that had been dropped off for recyc...

This is a view looking upslope, you can see we have added another "room" and we will now get to use what had been a steep, grassy slope as a terrace. See the initial preparation of this area See our recycled concrete pile i031007 212

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