How to Construct Garden Walls

Many water features make use of walls. Raised ponds need low walls to support the weight and volume of water, and wall-mounted fountains (like the ubiquitous lion's head) speak for…
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How to Lay Drains

The techniques for bedding drainpipes on the bottom of the trench and for filling in the trench afterward depend to some extent on the type of soil and the attitude…

How to Build Cascade in your Garden

The archetypal definition of a cascade is a small stream, purposefully tumbling over rocks, boulders and pebbles on its downward journey to a pool at the bottom of a slope.…
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How to Nail

As a rule-of-thumb when joining some­thing very thin to something much thicker, use a nail 2-1/2 to 3 times longer than the thickness of the thinner material. When the thicknesses…