Pizza is good. Pizza done on the grill is better. The absolute best pizza you could hope to have is made in a wood-fired pizza oven. We all know that. But why? The main … [Read more...]

Outdoor kitchens are popular right now and it's not hard to see why. We've embraced food culture more than probably any other time in America's history, we have unprecedented … [Read more...]

When I took B out for her morning walk today there was actually almost a hint of a chill in the air. Fall is coming, which always triggers conflicting emotions in this … [Read more...]

You've seen the pictures online or in magazines: beautiful people relaxing under the shade of a beautiful pergola, perhaps a rustic chandelier dangling from the cross members as a … [Read more...]

Who doesn't love running water in the landscape? From a delicately bubbling fountain to an impressive waterfall crashing several feet down to a pond there's a water feature that's … [Read more...]

Walking and standing in mud is kind of a bummer, so centuries ago people got the idea to lay stones on the ground and stand on those. Brilliant! Over the years since then we've had … [Read more...]

Growing up working for my brother, we always bought bulk mulch for landscape jobs. That meant driving to the supplier, waiting for the tractor to dump in as much mulch as the truck … [Read more...]

We all love game shows, right? I think we're mere years away from the future predicted in the movie The Running Man, where every major decision in society is made before a live … [Read more...]

Every once in a while I tackle pruning and shaping jobs for clients. For example we were doing a planting job the other day and a tree needed limbed up. I knew the look I wanted so … [Read more...]

Full disclosure: I blog for WORX, so for one of my posts they sent me an Aerocart for free. When I got the offer to blog for WORX, I checked out their product lineup. Having … [Read more...]