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This article may appeal to just a small group of people, but I thought it was interesting.  It shows the various stages in building a cedar smokehouse for smoking fish and meat.

It’s not a tutorial with a material list and step-by-step directions. But it’s interesting to watch the slideshow as they build the smokehouse.

Click on the How to Make a DIY Cedar Smokehouse  link below to read the complete article.

How to Make a DIY Cedar Smokehouse

gardenersworld.com

This tutorial explains how to build a homemade brick barbeque. Adam provides a supplies list and a complete, step-by-step tutorial. There are also step-by-step photographs. Build time is 1 day. It’s a nice-looking grill.

Click on the How to Build a Brick Barbeque link below to see the tutorial.

How to Build a Brick Barbeque

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I thought this was the neatest project. The article tells the story of  TH, baker and cook, who wanted to build a wood-fired oven in her back yard. She decided to make a traditional earth oven.

She and her family first built a brick foundation, and an inner wall made out of Cobb,which is a blend of clay, sand and straw. After that they applied a separate layer of sand. Finally, they covered the oven with bricks, also made out of Cobb.

The final oven looks like a brick-covered igloo. This isn’t a complete tutorial but it gives you an idea of how an earth oven should be built. The article also includes references to additional sources on building earth ovens.

Click on the How to Build an Earth Oven link below to read this interesting article.

How to Build an Earth Oven

homemadehomeideas.com

Vanessa shares 70 DIY outdoor projects you can do this Summer.

She begins the post with:

“From planting a small flower garden to sprucing up your outdoor furniture, many of these projects will take you less than a day to complete and some may not cost you anything at all if you have a few basic supplies on hand.

Go ahead and get ready for summer by adding some beauty to your outdoors. From DIY stepping stones to marvelous outdoor patio furniture that you can make yourself, this collection has it all. There are even instructions for how you can add a little color to a stone patio and wonderful ideas for dressing up boring fences and adding a bit of privacy.

Whether you choose on project or choose them all, we are certain that you will find something that will instantly improve your outdoor décor and give you a great reason to get outside this summer.”

There’s a wealth of excellent projects and tutorials in this post. What I like is that you can do a lot of them with your kids.

• Rainbow trampoline
• Steel pipe garden edging
• A gnome home
• Glowing orbs
• Build a backyard smoker
• Build a backyard couch
• Build an outdoor table
• Build a living teepee (I love this one!)
• Chair planters
• Outdoor fire pits
• And More!

To see all 70 DIY backyard projects, click on the 70 Genius Summery Backyard DIY Projects link below.

 70 Summery Backyard DIY Projects

thegardenglove.com

This article has a great selection of outdoor planters that you can make yourself:

• Wooden Planter Boxes
• Large DIY Planter on Wheels (Genius!)
• Recycled Can Planters
• Drum Planters
• Coppice Vertical Planters
• And MORE!!!

Most of these outdoor garden planter projects have complete tutorials. If you see a project you like, just click on the link for more details.

Click on the DIY Outdoor Planter Projects link below to see all of the great DIY planter ideas.

DIY Outdoor Planter Projects

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Peggy has compiled some fun and interesting backyard summer projects that are inexpensive. If you see a project you like, just click on the link and you’ll be brought to the tutorial.

My favorites were the:

• Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Pebbles to light a path
• Cement Stepping Stones made with large leaves
• Water Blob for kids,
• Buried Pot Garden

Click on the 41 Cheap And Easy Backyard DIYs You Must Do This Summer link below to see al of these great summer projects.

 41 Cheap And Easy Backyard DIYs You Must Do This Summer

theathomewelder.com

This really is the best step-by-step DIY guide to building a stand-alone smoker that I’ve seen. I found it on the At Home Welder Website.

Joel used the Weber Smoky Mountain as his inspiration. He decided on a design that used two 55-gallon drums.

The article follows him through the process of building out the smoker. He includes excellent, step-by-step photographs. The final smoker looks like something you’d buy at a store! You’d need some metal-working and welding skills to make a similar smoker. But it’s definitely doable!

Visit the How to Make a 55 Gallon Drum Smoker link below to see the tutorial.

How to Make a 55 Gallon Drum Smoker

Some of these projects really jumped out at me because of their creativity:

• Wavy Picnic Table Project
• Vertical Garden Tower
• Laying  a Flagstone Path
• Backyard Bocce Court
• Backyard Potting Center
• DIY Garden Obelisk
• Barbecue Bar
• Build a Stylish Dog House
• And more!

53 Favorite & Fantastic Backyard Projects