A gabion wall is an opportunity to get creative! The gabion cages can be filled with anything from rock to crushed concrete or leftover construction materials, like brick and tile. Use materials of ...

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 ...

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 ...

With most fencing shops and contractors booked solid, more and more people are embracing the Northwest “can do!” spirit and going the DIY route. If you’re considering building your own fence but ...

My grandfather was a baker in Cincinnati in the very early 1900s. He and my grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood bakery in the Clifton Heights neighborhood just 400 feet from where I was born ...

Artisans around the world are ditching the mortar and embracing an old method of building rock walls Clachtoll Broch, a Scottish dwelling with dry stone walls, was built at least 2,000 years ago. Its ...

If you have ever walked in the woods anywhere in New England, you have likely stumbled into an old stone wall and wondered at their purpose and how they were built. This wonder can be satiated at one ...