If you’ve noticed puddles near your foundation, it may be time to grade (or regrade) that area of your yard, which means to shape the ground so water moves away from the house instead of toward it.

Is your house built on a tilt? Much of Seattle is, and we can thank the glaciers. The same ice sheets that gave us our steep hills and sweeping views also gave us yards that have us mowing at crazy ...

Nobody enjoys wrestling with a steep lawn. Transform this hillside with terraced planting beds along rough stone stairs rather than turf grass. For year-round texture and color, fill the tiers with ...

Sloping, uneven yards can make gardening a hassle or sometimes completely impossible. But having a sloped backyard does not mean that you can't maintain a successful garden. Instead, you may need to ...