The desire to have a bit of land to call your own is not an uncommon one. However, in the Bay Area, finding our own personal outdoor space can be a challenge. Some of us live in newer housing ...

The Mahogany Central Beach site is a new lake community in the city of Calgary. It’s the site of Calgary’s largest freshwater lake and includes lake and beach-front access. Developers were having the ...

Size the trench so there's enough room for the retaining wall block and at least 8 in. of space behind it. Excavate deep ...

Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show you how we extended their lifespan with drain lines, proper backfill, and ...

In 2014, California-based developers Baldwin & Sons began the design and development of a housing complex on 99 acres of land in the city of Lake Forest, at the base of the Santa Ana Mountains—it's ...