A couple weeks ago I braved the cold and snow to pay a visit to the Franksville, WI distribution center for Pave Tech. You know, the place that sells all the really cool hardscape tools?

Take a look to see what kinds of tools I saw here, in my blog post - you never know, you may discover that they need a place in your toolbox.

It's with great pleasure and literally years of anticipation that I announce that the HowToLandscaping.com site is very near launch. The site is fully functional today, just a few tweaks here and there, a bit of content to be added, and then some graphics on GTX to direct the weekend warriors and DIYers over to the home that was designed just for them. This served as a nice shelter for those fine folks, but was never intended to be a permanent home. HowToLandscaping.com will very soon become the permanent repository for homeowner assistance and discussions related to Do It Yourslef landscape projects, and the "Homeowner Help" forum on this site will soon be closed to help direct people there.

I told Dan Deutekom that this was going to happen in a week. But I told him that about a month ago. So how 'bout I not make anymore promises I can't keep? It works today, and when it's really, REALLY ready, I'll let everyone know.