Landscaping
Here you'll find expert advice and inspiration for your log home's exterior spaces, including landscaping tips for yards & gardens, water conservation techniques, hardscaping, wildfire protection and more.
Log Home Construction: Protecting Trees
Building a log home can be hard on the surrounding natural environment, particularly nearby trees. Here are some tips for protecting trees during log home construction.
Protecting Trees During Log Home Construction
Saving trees during construction of your log home can add to its aesthetic, monetary and environmental value.
Create a DIY Vertical Garden
Although relatively simple to create, this DIY vertical garden feature creates an intriguing optical illusion that will captiva...
Dog-Friendly Landscaping
Design a lawn that’s equally attractive to you and your four-legged friends.
Tips for No-Sweat Log Home Landscaping
Try these ideas for a low-maintenance log home landscape with little effort.
Natural Home Design for Log Homes
What can a lotus plant or pine tree teach us? Plenty—including the elements of smart log home design.
Landscape Planning Advice from Garden Guru Julie Moir Messervy
Planning a landscape for your log home has never been easier, thanks to these log home gardening tips from Julie Moir Messervy.
Shade Gardens | 4 Steps to a Perfect Shade Garden Design
Designing a shade garden for the area outside your log home is a breeze with these professional tips.
How To Grow an Edible Garden
Skip the supermarket and farm stands, and grow your own edible garden with these 8 tips.
Building and Landscaping Our Log Home | Log Home Diary Entry #2 | Wisconsin Log Homes
Protecting your Log Home From Wildfires
Learn how you can prepare your log home to avoid the destruction from wildfires.
How To: Detox Your Lawn | Tips for a Green-Friendly Lawn
Follow these 12 steps to a healthy, organic lawn.
Budget-Friendly (and Eco-Friendly) Landscaping Tips
Save money and the environment with these affordable landscaping tips.
12 Tips for Easy Log Home Landscaping
Longing for a gorgeous landscape with little effort? Try these 12 low-maintenance ideas.
10 Steps to Designing Your Own Pond
How to build, stock and maintain this wonderful water feature for years of enjoyment.
Temperature Tamers | Climate Control through Landscaping
Controlling the weather is beyond your power, but you can make the most of your climate through intelligent and creative garden design.
What Type of Dock Do You Need?
Building a dock on your waterfront property? Learn more about the different options available to you to create the perfect jumping off place for summer fun.