Erik: By immersing yourself in gardening, how ware you unlocking the stories of an older generation? Cathy: Gardening used to be a thing that a lot of people would do commonly in their backyard. A lot...
Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen on behalf of Expert Village. In this series we're talking about how to make your garden feel more welcoming. The backyard of your home is generally your play area...

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We’ve been researching LID, low-impact development, and sustainable building strategies and so we’re out here doing it. I think what people don’t know is that it rains, and so the water runs off of...
What is beautiful, prevents pollution, attracts butterflies and can help maintain groundwater supplies? Rain gardens! Hello, this is John Pennington, county extension agent for agriculture and water...
Now we are going to cast the concrete bench leg. So start with the mold, this mold here has been used before so you see a little bit of concrete present on it. Again as we did with the seat, dust it a...
Project 11: Custom-Built and Painted Picket Fence Cut all picket fence planks to your desired height and fasten the rails from 6" from the top and bottom of the fence. Sand all surfaces of...
Today, on My Life on the Deck, I'm going to discuss how to build garden steps. We are in the process of redoing our backyard, and I wanted to build a set of steps that will be quick, easy, and...
Now we are getting ready to unmold the casting. After 24 hours or 48 hours the concrete should be hardened enough where we can unmold it. What I have here is two pieces of wood I am going to use...
Now we are going to be talking about how to put your bench together. Once you find the place in the garden or the yard where you want to put it together you could set it up just like in this step like...