Q–I am trying to create a level play area for my children. My rear yard slopes away from my house. Building a 4-foot-high retaining wall would solve the problem. I have seen new masonry walls that you ...

When you're looking for cinder block garden ideas, the sky's just about the limit for this versatile building material. Use them to create stylish walls, furniture, outdoor bars, planters, raised ...

If you're looking for ways to reduce the costs of gardening, there are a bounty of garden design DIYs to try—and one of our favorites makes use of a material you might already have at home: cinder ...

Q: My backyard consists mainly of a concrete slab patio and a retaining wall made from concrete blocks. It's so gray that even the trailing rosemary and bougainvilleas I've planted look washed out. I ...

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 ...