Find your spot on the limb, at least three feet from the trunk, but not so far that it sags under your weight. Prepare your rope with an eye splice* to make a loop in one end. Toss the eye splice over ...

Question: How does the Dirt Doctor feel about attaching swings to trees? I considered getting one for the grandkids but was afraid it might damage the tree. — V.M., Mexia Answer: I have no problem ...

Rope swing inside the author’s adobe house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s a simple wooden disc attached to a long, thick snake of rope. When I bought it last summer for our daughters’ third and fifth ...