Replacing a Retaining Wall for an Attached Garage

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Johanna Carr from Maryland wants to add an attached garage to her home. A stacked stone-block retaining wall runs along the side of her house, and she’s wondering if she can build a new wall up against it. Listen to learn the solution!</span></p> <p><strong>Also on this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organizing a Garage</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Painting Tile and Grout</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Repairing a Crack in a Driveway</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Venting a Bathroom Exhaust Fan</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smoothing a Concrete Curb</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Best New Product</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Samsung's 4-Door Flex Zone Refrigerator lets you choose: More fridge or more freezer space?</span></p> <p><strong>Simple Solutions</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fertilizing Hard-to-Reach Plants — Fertilizing thick shrubs, bushes or other dense plants can be difficult because you can’t easily reach the base of the plant. Here’s how to simplify that chore.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take a length of 2-inch diameter PVC pipe and cut it to 5 feet long.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trim one end to 45 degrees, and square-cut the other end.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, stand close to the plant and slide the square-cut end down to the base of the plant.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pour the fertilizer down the pipe through the 45-degree end; the angle-cut end creates a larger, easy-pour opening.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pipe can also be used to water thick, dense plants. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 Flowerbox Tips — Here are four ways to keep plants in your flowerbox or window box healthy and happy.</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, be sure to drill 3/8-inch diameter