
10 Home-Improvement Great Goofs
Clever. Entertaining. Original. Check out our Great Goofs™, where do-it-yourselfers share their biggest blunders.
How to make an easy path, dog-proof your shrubs and build a compost sifter.
By Jeff Gorton in The Family Handyman - May 2003
Homemade moss, vining tomatoes, creeping thyme for your patio, stay-put vinyl edging, clever crevice weeder, plus how to grow the best pumkin.
By Jeff Gorton in The Family Handyman - June 2003
Techniques for building decks, stairs and railings
By Jeff Timm in The Family Handyman - June 2001
Improve your gardens and landscaping with mulch.
By Marcia Williston in The Family Handyman - April 2004
How to fix missing or damaged automobile moldings
By David Radtke in The Family Handyman - October 2004
Build A Brick Pathway In The Garden
Cut out sod and set a brick and paver path on a bed of sand in the backyard.
By Jeff Timm in The Family Handyman - March 2005
Build A Flagstone And Stone Block Patio
Construct a poured concrete and stone patio with a curved stone wall.
By Jeff Timm in The Family Handyman - June 2005
Build A No-rot, No-maintenance Deck
Use treated framing, composite decking, aluminum balusters, engineered wood trim and fiber cement siding to make a deck that will never rot.
by David Radtke in The Family Handyman - April 2006