By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer
Don't trash that string of twinkle lights that just burned out. Construct a wreath out of the strands instead and have a wreath ready to hang when you uncrate your holiday stuff next year. This fun idea is from Portland interior designer Shannon Quimby and was published in The Oregonian recently. For how-to details, click here.
(Our thanks to Portland garden writer Lisa Albert for bringing this amusing recycling idea to our attention.)
Maybe I'll attempt this wreath while my husband watches still another football game.
Sunset wrote about a much bigger recycling project of Quimby's in our October issue. Shannon and husband Glenn bought a dilapidated bungalow and reused 100% of it in buildilng their new home. "We didn't use a single dumpster," says Quimby proudly.
Read about Quimby's Reuse Everything Experiment here.

