Category Outdoor Living

There is a particular kind of quiet that exists only in a garden in the late afternoon. The neighborhood noises…

Bocce is the most backyard-friendly game I know. You need a flat strip of ground, some balls, and a target,…

The first pizza oven I built cracked straight down the dome on the third curing fire. I had used standard…

A garden that asks to be touched, smelled, listened to, and tasted works differently than one meant only for looking.…

I opened my patio storage bench one spring to find that water had gotten in over the winter. The cushions…

I helped a friend build an outdoor kitchen a few summers ago, and the moment that stuck with me was…

I have been tuning outdoor audio systems for over a decade, and the most common problem I see is not…

I sat on my back patio one November evening with three different heaters running and a thermometer in my lap.…

My south facing patio was unusable from 11 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon during summer. The concrete…

The floor of your outdoor space sets the tone for everything else. It determines what furniture feels stable, whether water…