And while wood beds are the most common, there are other options when it comes to growing your greenery off the ground. In fact, one woman just used concrete blocks to make the ultimate raised garden ...

Simply stack concrete blocks as high as you ... gluing everything together with construction adhesive. Don't let the simplicity fool you; this raised bed is promised to last — with a few caveats.

The Oldcastle blocks are cheap. Really cheap. Many raised-garden kits cost upwards of $100, but these bricks sell for around $3 each and you only need four of them for a basic bed. Between the ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Joe's guide to constructing a raised bed using a railway ... Joe used seven posts in this construction. Now use the ready mixed concrete to cement the ...

Here are the most common types of foundations used in construction: Building a concrete block foundation is a step-by-step process that requires careful planning and execution. Here is a basic ...

There are different accounts of where and when the first residential blocks of flats were built in Poland. Even though popular opinion has it that Le Corbusier was their ‘inventor’, the idea of ...

I used a stiff dry brush to remove the powder, and the concrete blocks beneath looked clean with no dark or stained areas. To be sure, I went back a few days later, after it had rained ...

When Mike Johnston became the mayor of Denver, he was determined to do right by the migrants arriving in his city. But it ...

I can't see the stone (re: concrete) angle stone under the pivot ... Question: Is there an estimated population size at the time of construction that would have helped move the monoliths easier ...

The international art gallery Hauser & Wirth has become a cornerstone of the Arts District since it opened several years ago ...

The architecture of Echo Park may still be about as low to the ground as it was a century ago (its tallest structure, the ...

A makeshift aquarium that popped up this summer in a puddle beneath a leaky fire hydrant has been paved over, to the dismay ...