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 ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Many years ago, when I was young and foolish, I decided to build an 80-foot-long terrace for fruit trees, and to edge it with a nice fieldstone retaining wall using stones I could find on my property ...

Landscape walls are a gardener's way to fight gravity: They're typically used to hold back part of a yard that would otherwise lead to a landslide. They can also step up an especially steep slope, cut ...

"The Complete Guide to Stonescaping," by David Reed, presents the basics of stonescaping in easy-to-understand terms for projects that will be functional and beautiful. Many property owners with ...