How To: Adjust a Rain Bird 5000 Series Sprinkler spray arc
See how to adjust a Rain Bird 5000 Series sprinkler spray arc with help from Sprinkler Daddy's Sean Stefan.
How To: Cement stones around your pond
To cement the stones around your pond, start by mixing up half of an 80 pound bag of Quick Crete. Pour the 40 pounds of concrete into a metal container, add water and mix it together. Add just enough water so that it is not too runny. Put down a base of cement around the pond where you will lay the stones. Lay the stones in the cement, then put some cement in between the stones, and smooth it out.
How To: Excavate a pond and use hand tools
This video shows you how to excavate a pond using hand tools and a jackhammer.First of all, you must organize your digging in shelves. A pond should have some parts deeper than others. You start by leveling the pond at the part where it will be more shallow (thus creating the first shelf). Then go to a deeper part and level that out. In this way you create shelves with different elevations.Your tools for excavating are the spade, the flat shovel, the pick, the wheelbarrow and the jackhammer. ...
How To: Properly Use Eco Friendly Gas Can with Green Twist Lock Spout
If you having a hard time using your Eco friendly gas can with a green twist lock or locking spout, when used incorrectly gas can spill all over your hands.
How To: Grow Cold, Hardy Running Bamboo
Bamboo is easy to grow, but there are a few things you should know before starting. There are hundreds of species of bamboo and they can be roughly divided into either running or clumping bamboos. Almost all cold hardy bamboos are runners and almost all tropical bamboos are clumpers. Running bamboos send out root like rhizomes underground and can spread many feet each year. Clumping bamboos slowly expand and stay in a tight clump with canes close together. We grow dozens of cold hardy bamboo ...
How To: Build a laminar flow nozzle for fifteen dollars
This video tutorial shows how fifteen dollars and a half an hour of assembly can produce a working bare-bones laminar flow nozzle that attaches to a garden hose for a makeshift fountain.
How To: Characterize bricks
So you want to give your new bricks more character. This is something that is easy to do. Watch this video tutorial for a five minute fix and your new bricks will look just like your old bricks in no time.
Lazy Lawn Mowing 101: How to Cut Grass Without Breaking a Sweat
Although mowing is key to keeping your lawn healthy and good looking, it isn't anything worth jumping up and down for when it comes time to doing it. As it turned out, the first time I mowed my lawn wasn't nearly as fun or exciting as Hank Hill made it out to be. Maybe it was the beer.
How To: Control Running Bamboo
Most bamboo in the United States is running bamboo, because nearly all cold hardy bamboo is the running or invasive type. The tropical bamboos are mostly "clumpers" and stay in a nice, tight clump. Running bamboos spread far and wide and can be very invasive. I grow many kinds of running bamboos and over the past 20 years I've had to learn how to control it's spread.
How To: Fix the Lawn Mower Wheel Deck Height Adjuster Lever Tabs
This video will show you how to fix the worn adjusting levers on the wheels of your lawn mower that adjust the lawn mower deck height.
How To: Hook Up Your Above Ground Swimming Pool Vacuum & Hose with the Sand Filter
This video will show you how to connect your above ground pool vacuum and hose to the sand filter on your swimming pool.
How To: Build a Simple Outdoor Fire Pit for Less Than 100 Bucks
There's nothing better than sitting around a fire in your own backyard, but store-bought fire pits can get pretty expensive, and unfortunately (but understandably), most states have pretty strict regulations on outdoor fires.
How To: Mow a lawn using a gas powered push lawnmower
Make sure that you wear thick, close-toed shoes when you are mowing the lawn! This tutorial shows you how to use a gas-powered push lawn mower, and the most efficient way to mow your lawn. Make sure you understand how your model of mower works!
How To: Plant new trees and shrubs on your landscape with advice from Lowe's
If you haven't already discovered, landscaping is equal parts art and science— what you put and where has a huge impact on how your yard will look. And if you want beautiful trees and shrubs, Lowe's has the advice you need for getting started.
How To: Install a pond skimmer
Install a pond skimmerThe most critical steps to installing a skimmer are the water level and attaching the liner to the face plate with a water tight seal. The pond should be rocked in. The skimmer needs to be level from front to back and side to side. That's critical. Optimum water level is approximately 3/4 inch down from the top of the steel face. Use the level (tool) to determine the water level on the face plate. It's important to have the weir door work effectively. Prepare the area fo...
How To: Build a retaining wall garden bed island
Chris from Backyard Gardening shows us how to build a raised island garden bed with retaining wall bricks.
How To: Bump an in ground pool DE filter
Help your in-ground pool pump run more efficiently by bumping it a few times a week. This how to video made by Teddy Bear Pools & Spas shows you the proper way to bump your DE filter. Bumping the filter is easy to do and should be done once a week.
How To: Build a retaining wall with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to build a retaining wall. Steps:
How To: Top dress your roses
Top dressing is important for roses. Add one or two inches of good organic matter in and around the plants, taking care not to disturb the roots. Lori likes a material that is well composted, something with a lot of different sized particles, a product with a little nutrient charge included. Something with phosphorous, nitrogen, even some bone meal as well as some iron is good, since these ingredients tend to green the leaves. Top dressing will keep Roses looking good year after year.
How To: Clear Up a Cloudy Swimming Pool Fast with Blue Shield Flock Get Rid of Algae
If your swimming pool is green you're going to want to shock it firs,t to kill the algae in the pool. What usually happens next is that it turns white, and is very hard to filter out.
How To: Replace Your Old Garage or Backyard Flood Light with a New Halogen One
Learn how to replace or fix your old backyard or garage floodlight on your house with a new one. This video will show you how to remove the old floodlight, on your house or garage, and also explain the wiring and show you how to hook everything up.
How To: Fix a Crack in Your Plastic Pool Filter Cover the Easy Way
This video will show you an easy way to fix a crack in the plastic cover of your pool filter. This is a great tip that will keep the air from coming through the crack in your pool filter cover.
How To: Repair Damaged Threaded End on Garden Hose
Learn how to repair,fix or replace the damaged end on your garden hose. This video will show you how easy this repair is to do and will save you a ton of money.
How To: Remove an Electric Chainsaw Chain Quick
This video will show you how to replace the chain on an electric chainsaw. This isn't hard, it's quick and easy to do.
How To: a Swimming Pool and Get It Ready for the Winter
Learn how to winterize your swimming pool and prepare it for the winter months.
How To: Change or Replace Spark Plug on a Snowblower Small Engine Repair
How To replace the spark plug on your snowblower. This video shows a Toro 824, but this procedure can be applied to many different make and model snowblowers.
How To: Check for Loose or Worn Carrier Bearing on a Snowblower Toro 824
How to check for a worn or loose carrier bearing on your snowblower.
How To: Clean and Remove Carbon on Old Spark Plug and Also Fix a Surging Sputtering Snowblower
How to remove and clean the carbon off of the spark plug on your snowblower.
How To: Check Your Engine Oil on a Snowblower Toro 824
This video will show you how to check the oil on your snowblower.
How To: Grease Lubricate Snowblower Chute Gear Mechanism Toro 824
How to grease the gear on your snowblower chute.
How To: Backwash and Clean Above Ground Sand Pool Filter
This video will show you how to use the different settings to backwash and clean your above ground pool sand filter.
How To: Keep Swimming Pool Water Crystal Clear Using Baking Soda for PH Level
This video will explain to you, that you can use baking soda to maintain the PH level in your swimming pool, and will also help to keep the water crystal clear.
How To: Test Swimming Pool Water Chlorine and PH Level with Test Kit
This video will show you how to test the Chlorine and PH levels of your swimming pool water with a test kit.
How To: Fix or Repair a Broken Spark Plug Wire and Boot on Lawn Mower
This vide will show you how to fix a broken spark plug wire that has pulled out of the spark plug boot on your lawn mower.
How To: Install a New Cutting Blade on Your Lawn Mower
This video will show you how to replace or remove your old lawn mower blade and install a new one.
How To: Add and Drain Oil from Lawn Mower Learn to Read Dip Stick
This video will show you how to drain the old oil out of your lawn mower and add new oil back in. I'll also show you how to read the dipstick.
How To: Keep Lawn Mower Snow Blower Carburetor Running Smoothly Varnish Ethanol Gas
How to keep Lawn Mower Snow blower Carburetor Running Smoothly Varnish Ethanol Gas. We' explain how, and why to add a little bit of Seafoam to the gas in your small engine to keep the carburetor free from varnish buildup with today's ethanol gas.
How To: Clean Remove Carbon on Old Spark Plug Fix Surging Sputtering Lawn Mower
This video will show you how to clean the carbon build up on an old spark plug in your lawn mower with a wire brush. Will help to fix sputtering or back firing lawn mower.
How To: How to Transplant a Hosta Plant in Garden with Fertilizer
This video will show you how easy it is to transplant a Hosta plant into your garden.