Q: We’re having major landscaping challenges due to our sloping and uneven yard. Is there anything we can do that will look halfway decent? A: Seattle’s hills challenge local homeowners with questions ...

For 400 years, a group of stonemasons have been building walls using natural stone. For 400 years, a group of stonemasons have been building walls using natural stone. Nagayama learns how a stone's ...

Ancient builders had deep knowledge about environmental conditions and the physical needs of humans in their search for shelter. Regardless of technological advances and the evolution of our ...

Your garden wants bones as much as blossoms. Edges that hold their line when the winter rain turns paths to porridge, and a place for birds and beetles to tuck in. A dry‑stone wall built from natural ...

When Jim and Jennifer Sergent bought their home in suburban Arlington, Virginia, two years ago, they appreciated its modern look — the exposed wood beams and the nature trail that passes in front of ...

When Jim and Jennifer Sergent bought their home in Arlington two years ago, they appreciated its modern look — the exposed wood beams and the nature trail that passes in front of it. But the master ...

The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets, and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere — a latticework of dry, ...

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