Your front yard is the first thing your guests and neighbors see and is an essential component of establishing good curb appeal. Luckily, creating an eye-catching front yard is relatively easy and ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Sloped yards often get a bad reputation. They can be tricky to mow, difficult to plant and frustrating when rainwater decides to carve its own path through the landscape. But while a hillside garden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the advent of air-conditioning, sitting on the front porch was an art form in the South. Now it’s making a huge comeback ...

If your front yard feels dated, or has a whimsical yet fussy style that you've grown tired of, it's time to turn to a more contemporary look. Often, this means stripping out the excess and focusing on ...