Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

I often think about how blessed I am to have worked on older homes long before I started building new ones. It provides me with a benchmark to judge modern building methods and products. Take the ...

DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...

Doug Doughty feeds his livestock June 2 in Livingston County, Mo. In addition to his 1,200-acre crop operation, Doughty owns roughly 20 cattle, two horses and a collection of farm cats and dogs. He ...

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