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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have two deteriorating (but still standing) retaining walls made of timber and two even worse, leaning cinder-block retaining walls. I was planning to replace them all eventually, but to spread ...

Size the trench so there's enough room for the retaining wall block and at least 8 in. of space behind it. Excavate deep ...