Overall Landscape Planning

By Chris Deziel

Gilia tricolor (Bird's-eye Gilia) is an annual plant native to the Central Valley and foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges in California. Pepperwood Preserve; Santa Rosa; Sonoma County, California

A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Native Plants

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By Chris Deziel

Spanish-style home with a green, freshly mowed yard; a concrete block fence and a blue patio chair are seen in the pho

How to Install a Dry Well for Yard Drainage

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By Chris Deziel

Spanish-style home with large tree in the front and green grass

How to Install a French Drain in Your Yard

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By Fran J. Donegan

Xeriscaped Front Yard with Dry Creek Bed

How to Build Your Own Dry Creek Bed

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By Bryan Trandem

a freshly mowed green yard with two blue lawn chairs; a cedar fence surrounds the yard

How to Build a Swale to Improve Yard Drainage

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By Bryan Trandem

Exterior of large midcentury home

Side Yard Landscaping Tips

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By Victoria Lee Blackstone

a paver patio with black and white outdoor patio chairs, a white privacy fence with evenly spaced small green trees

Backyard Landscaping Tips

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By Kathy Adams

a white house with minimalistic landscaping

Front Yard Landscaping Tips

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By Chris Deziel

A mediterranean home with a garden

How to Draw a Landscape Plan

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By Karyn Cooper

concrete patio garden design with examples of hardscape materials

Types of Hardscape Materials

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By Cassie Damewood

Front lawn and exterior of suburban home

How to Build a Driveway on a Very Steep Hill

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By Chris Deziel

a white house with green grass and green plants surrounding it

A DIY Beginner's Guide to Yard Grading

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By Danielle Smyth

Blooming violets and other flowers in a small rockery in the summer garden

How to Landscape a Backyard With a Slope on a Very Small Budget

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By Ryan Hotchkiss

How to Shoot a Grade in Construction

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By Alexis Lawrence

How to Raise Soil Grade Around the House

How to Raise Soil Grade Around the House

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By Serena Styles

Cedar Hedge Corner

Landscaping Ideas for a Triangle-Shaped Back Yard

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By Kathy Adams

Size & Type of Gravel for a French Drain

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By David Robinson

How to Calculate Gravel for French Drains

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By David Robinson

Shovel sticks out in ground on trench

How to Calculate the Amount of Fill for a Trench

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By William McCoy

How to Know If You Have a Septic System

How to Know If You Have a Septic System

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By Truell Bliss

How to Burn Wood Piles With Diesel Fuel

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By Kimberley McGee

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The Average Price for a Cord of Firewood

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By Charles Alex Miller

How to Calculate Runoff Coefficient

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By Stephanie Boles

Cyclamen in pots at flower store

Landscaping Ideas for Banks

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By S.F. Heron

Low-Maintenance Landscaping Ideas for the Backyard

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By Bryan Trandem

Stone wall with Dragon's Blood planted in it.

Rock Landscaping Ideas

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By Shelley Frost

Dig a trench for construction. Place for your text.

How Deep Should You Install French Drain Pipes?

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By Danielle Smyth

Landscaping in home garden

How to Calculate a Cubic Yard of Rock

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By Meg Butler

How to Find My Water Table

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By Charlotte Johnson

How to Calculate the Square Feet of Odd Shapes

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By Michelle Miley

Long red gravel driveway.

Unique Ways to Keep Gravel in Place on a Gravel Driveway

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By Heather Burdo

Clogged septic tank

Is Olive Oil Bad for Septic Tanks?

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By Patrick Nelson

How to Set the Timer on a Malibu Lighting Transformer

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By Misty Barton

How to Make a Fire Pit Spark Screen

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By Jonita Davis

How to Cut & Polish Stones

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By Hunker Team

Housing development under construction, aerial view

How to Find Your Home's Property Lines

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