When the sun goes down and the night air gets chilly, Jennifer Kuhl heads straight for the outdoors. She and her husband, Jason Thompson, just built a fire pit behind their Kemah home, and "it is by ...

In spite of the early evening chill, nobody was ready to end the party. Our small gathering bubbled with excitement as we celebrated our emergence from lockdown with after-work drinks in the backyard.

There's just something so cozy about a fire this time of year—the crackle, the smell, and the fun of roasting hot dogs and toasting marshmallows for the best s'mores recipes. Even though campfires get ...

Build this easy-to-construct outdoor fireplace for food and family fun. I really enjoyed your article on hearth cooking, Hearth Cooking: An Ancient Cooking Technique Revisited. A few years ago, while ...

Let's face it, most of us need small backyard ideas nowadays, because finding acres of yard space is far easier said, or dreamt, than done! But this is not a sad reality, no no, because you do not ...