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A Fire Pit Patio You Can Actually Build in Two Days

A 12-foot circle, about 3 tons of gravel, and one rented plate compactor. What it costs, what order to do it in, and where most guys lose Sunday.

StoryHumorNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

The Twelve Stages of Building a Dresser With Your Wife

Nobody's marriage has ever been ended by a Swedish dresser, but a few have been tested somewhere around step 14.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The backyard kids stay in until dark

Nine inches of wood chips, a hose they're allowed to touch, and a pile of junk that moves. Most of what makes a yard stick has nothing to do with the playset.

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Fast Crops That Keep a Kid in the Garden

A radish goes from seed to dinner plate in under a month, which is roughly the outer limit of a seven-year-old's patience.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A four-by-eight raised bed, built in one afternoon

Four feet wide, nine inches deep, three boards and a box of screws. The build takes 90 minutes. Hauling the soil is the real work.

GuideDadsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Pick a project he can't finish on Saturday

Two-hour jobs teach a boy almost nothing. The ones that run into Sunday afternoon are where the useful part lives.

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GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Put Drip Irrigation in Your Vegetable Garden This Weekend

Two days, a hose bib, and about $150 buys you a garden that waters itself all summer. The parts nobody tells you about are the ones that matter.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuidePlayMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

The case for a hobby that leaves sawdust on the floor

Ninety minutes, one small project, and a bench you never have to clear. How to pick a hands-on hobby that's still going in March.

GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Compost That Doesn't Stink or Feed the Rats

Both problems come from the same two mistakes, and both are fixable in an afternoon with a roll of hardware cloth and a pile of dead leaves.

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GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a 4x8 Raised Bed for Under Two Hundred Dollars

The lumber is the cheap part. The soil is what wrecks the budget, and here's the math that keeps one bed under two hundred bucks.

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