How to Build Halloween Silhouettes For a Spooky Yard
Halloween kicks off the holiday season and instead of buying off-the-shelf decorations why don’t you make your own spooky creations....
Read More5 Ways To Keep Bugs From Ruining Your Outdoor Party
Due to the drought, many wasps, yellow jackets and flies have begun to forge in people’s green yards and gardens. Besides being a...
Read MoreOutdoor Living Made Easy with a Lowe’s Backyard Makeover
This summer we traveled to New York to check out the Lowe’s Designer Charity Challenge. We were inspired by what all three designers...
Read MoreFive Steps to Your Own Backyard Meadow
Let the weeds go wild and enjoy a colorful meadow in your own backyard
Read MoreRaise the Height of Your Backyard Wall by Adding a Fence
Our backyard is great but has one drawback. The side wall facing the street is only 4’10″ in height so the average person...
Read MoreSmoked Pork Shoulder and Brisket Recipe for Your Back Yard Cookout
We don’t cover recipes but a friend sent over this amazing recipe for smoked pork shoulder (pork butt) and brisket. It seems...
Read MoreBuild a Fire Ring Pit With Stone and Sweat
If you are looking for inspiration in home design, Houzz is a great place to start. They have more than 500,000 photos from designers that...
Read MoreHow to Explore Tide Pools (Responsibly)
Everyday the ocean reveals a bit of itself as the tide recedes and in areas of shallow shoreline the trapped water becomes a tide pool...
Read More5 Outdoor DIY Projects for Kids
With summer in full swing we wanted to share the top five most popular outdoor do-it-yourself projects from Built by Kids. Build a...
Read MoreScraping Topsoil: Why Your Lawn and Garden Won’t Grow
For years developers have been scraping the topsoil (8-12 inches) from properties and selling it to sod farms. It’s another way that...
Read MoreFixing a Spotty Lawn with 1 Step Complete
A couple months ago I checked out the NexGen grass seed lab and the Pennington Seed factory in Oregon and received some valuable...
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