Dear James: I’m planning a veggie garden on my sloping lot so I need a retaining wall. I have used timbers before, but blocks might hold up better. Which method do you prefer? -- Steve W. Dear Steve: ...

Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show you how we extended their lifespan with drain lines, proper backfill, and ...

Because of supposed design difficulties with more complex shapes, do-it-yourselfers often stick to basic squares or rectangles when using landscaping timbers and railroad ties to make borders for ...

Everybody knows toilet paper, bikes and coins have been running short in pandemic America, but another contender is vying for center stage: lumber. And that shortage has translated into tremendous ...

When the call comes in to clean up a construction or demolition project that involves pressure-treated timbers, the rules can be quite different than those for the average project. Some states have ...