Backyard Hammocks

Family relaxing together in a rope hammock in a backyard garden

Your Backyard Staycation: Why a Hammock Beats a Hotel

Paul Ashwell

Nearly half of Americans skipped a vacation this summer. Paul Ashwell on why your backyard and a hammock might be the better getaway, and how to hang it so the...

Your Backyard Staycation: Why a Hammock Beats a Hotel

Paul Ashwell

Nearly half of Americans skipped a vacation this summer. Paul Ashwell on why your backyard and a hammock might be the better getaway, and how to hang it so the...

How to Care For, Clean & Store Your Hammock For Winter The Right Way

How to Care For, Clean & Store Your Hammock For Winter The Right Way

Paul Ashwell

Here's everything I'd tell you across the counter about cleaning your hammock, drying it properly, and putting it away for the winter so it comes back out next year looking...

How to Care For, Clean & Store Your Hammock For Winter The Right Way

Paul Ashwell

Here's everything I'd tell you across the counter about cleaning your hammock, drying it properly, and putting it away for the winter so it comes back out next year looking...

A hammock hung between two trees on braided nylon rope with a three inch S hook at the tree

How to Hang a Hammock with Rope: No Straps, No Hardware

Paul Ashwell

No straps, no hardware and nothing bolted into a tree. Paul Ashwell's way of hanging a hammock between two trees with a length of rope, one simple knot and a...

How to Hang a Hammock with Rope: No Straps, No Hardware

Paul Ashwell

No straps, no hardware and nothing bolted into a tree. Paul Ashwell's way of hanging a hammock between two trees with a length of rope, one simple knot and a...

A white rope hammock hanging empty outdoors on a summer afternoon

Twenty Minutes in a Hammock

Paul Ashwell

Leave the phone in the house, go outside and lie down for twenty minutes. What a hammock still does that nothing on a screen can — and why it matters...

Twenty Minutes in a Hammock

Paul Ashwell

Leave the phone in the house, go outside and lie down for twenty minutes. What a hammock still does that nothing on a screen can — and why it matters...

Cream Jumbo Mayan Hammock hung between two trees on green tree straps, a man in a straw hat holding the gathered bed open to show the hand-woven mesh

Mayan vs Spreader Bar Hammock: Which Should You Buy?

Paul Ashwell

One thing before you choose, though, and it's the most important sentence in this article: don't pick on comfort. A well made one of either style can be just as...

Mayan vs Spreader Bar Hammock: Which Should You Buy?

Paul Ashwell

One thing before you choose, though, and it's the most important sentence in this article: don't pick on comfort. A well made one of either style can be just as...

White polyester rope hammock with a dark hardwood spreader bar hung between two trees on green tree straps and chains, in a mulched wooded backyard

How to Hang a Hammock Between Two Trees

Paul Ashwell

I spent 25 years behind the counter of a hammock shop in Key West, and this was the question I got more than any other. Here's how I hang a...

How to Hang a Hammock Between Two Trees

Paul Ashwell

I spent 25 years behind the counter of a hammock shop in Key West, and this was the question I got more than any other. Here's how I hang a...