Saturday, October 27, 2018

How To Install A Rustic Stone Walkway



Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough installs a front walkway for a homeowner using natural stone.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

How NOT To Build With Pavers- Why They FAIL!



If you know why Pavers fail then you can build them to LAST! The 4 causes of Paver Failure is from bad base, Horizontal, Vertical & rotational failure. Some of these cross over into why Both Asphalt and Concrete fail as well. We discuss this simply enough to help anyone avoid these issues.

Monday, October 15, 2018

The Best and Worst Mulch for Your Garden | Southern Living



Our very own Grumpy Gardener gives you the low-down on the mulch varieties to buy and those to avoid.

Friday, October 12, 2018

DIY Clean 'n Simple Gravel Landscaping - Part 3 (Update!)



Check out the clean 'n simple makeover we did to the landscaping around our barn house. We got rid of all the old, over grown bushes, grass, & lava rock and replaced it with 1" clean rock gravel and some simple, low maintenance, modern plants.

This is Part 3 where I show you an update of how everything has grown in over the last 8 months or so. I also show you a couple of things we redid and give some info on where I got some of the landscaping materials that a few people have been asking about.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

DIY Clean 'n Simple Gravel Landscaping - Part 2 of 2



Check out the clean 'n simple makeover we did to the landscaping around our barn house. We got rid of all the old, overgrown bushes, grass, & lava rock and replaced it with 1" clean rock gravel and some simple, low maintenance, modern plants.

This is Part 2 where I show you how I cut, bent, and installed the aluminum landscape edging, how I installed the weed blocking, landscape fabric, how I poured and leveled out the 1" clean rock gravel, how I built the simple wood, gravel, & concrete step, and how I evenly spaced out and installed the 16" square concrete patio pavers to make our new sidewalk.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

DIY Clean 'n Simple Gravel Landscaping - Part 1 of 2



Check out the clean 'n simple makeover we did to the landscaping around our barn house. We got rid of all the old, overgrown bushes, grass, & lava rock and replaced it with 1" clean rock gravel and some simple, low maintenance, modern plants.

This is Part 1 where I show you how I got rid of the old lava rock, tore out the overgrown weeds, and re-graded the dirt to flow away from the house to prepare for new landscape edging landscaping fabric, and gravel.