Time was, we had fences and gates. In these troublesome times, it’s hard to imagine living without locks and keys, alarms and dead bolts. We build walls, fences, hedges. The word, “defense,” to ward ...

My neighbor, who is an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built this chicken chateau and greenhouse ...

Learn about homemade chicken coops through a reader sharing how his family built a new coop using salvaged materials and traditional techniques. Along our old fence line, we have piles of stones ...