If you want to dress up your porch, deck, or garden with some greenery, consider taking a DIY approach with outdoor planter box plans. Building elevated planter boxes offer several advantages, ...

Using DIY wood planter boxes is a simple, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible method of growing plants. Recycling wood from crates or pallets to make plant boxes reduces waste, is cheaper ...

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson builds a DIY planter box for garden or patio use, combining durability and attractive design.

DIY Garden Projects (Hardie Grant Books, 2016) by Mat Pember and Dillion Seitchik-Reardon is all about fun and practical projects that will transform your backyard into a functioning vegetable garden.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 69th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Discover new ways to maximize your garden space in Building Projects for Backyard Farmers and Home Gardeners (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012) by Chris Gleason. Plans for trellises, raised beds and ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

The cold month of February is the time to start seeds, and to start preparing planters for your container plants. Building cute and functional planters is a way to make the best of chilly days spent ...

If you're considering a container garden you can design a planter with a built-in water reservoir to continually water the soil while you're away or to help sustain your plants through hot weather.