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Solar Lighting for Water Features and Pond Edges: Reflection and Safety

Water transforms garden lighting in ways that no other element can. A still pond doubles every light source, creating mirror…

Soil pH is the number that quietly controls how well your plants feed. You can have perfect soil structure, ideal…

I got a call last September from a client who had lost 14 solar path lights in a single overnight…

A specimen tree is the anchor of a garden design. It is the plant you built the rest of the…

There is a specific kind of relaxation that happens in a hammock or garden swing at night that you cannot…

Solar light packaging advertises a single runtime number. “Up to 8 hours.” “Up to 12 hours on a full charge.”…

A garden bench is an invitation. It says, sit here, stay a while, look at what is around you. But…

I built my first outdoor bar from a repurposed potting bench and a folding table. It was wobbly, the drinks…

Stucco and adobe are unforgiving surfaces. They look beautiful, they suit desert and Mediterranean architecture, and they are the worst…

I built my first raised bed from a kit I found online. It was 4×4 feet, 8 inches tall, made…

Brick is one of the best wall materials for mounting solar lights, and also one of the most misunderstood. The…

I sat around a friend’s fire pit one evening and watched a gust of wind blow a sheet of flame…

Mounting solar lights on metal siding sounds simple until you actually do it. The first time I tried, I treated…

I have owned patio furniture in almost every material made, because I am cheap and I keep buying whatever is…

Stone walls look gorgeous with solar lights grazing up the face of them. Getting the lights onto the stone is…