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How To: Choose the Right Fertilizer for Your Lawn
To keep your lawn healthy, you'll want to fertilize it twice a year: once in fall and once in spring. But what type of fertilizer should you use? The answer, of course, has to do with the type of lawn you have and the sort of results you want to see. For more information on choosing the right fertilizer for your own lawn, watch this home landscaping tutorial.
How To: Measure a hot tub spa cover
Does your hot tub spa cover need worn and need a replacement? Watch this three-part video tutorial to learn the measuring basics and get tips on how to measure curved corners before ordering your new spa cover.
How To: Drain and clean a hot tub spa
This eleven-part video tutorial discusses how to drain and clean a hot tub spa. It goes over the process step-by-step from turning off the circuit breaker to restarting the spa. It also gives helpful tips on cleaning the tub, working with spa chemicals and avoiding air locks that will make the process a lot more smooth sailing even for a novice spa cleaner.
How To: Revamp Your Backyard with These Five Unique Projects
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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: 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: 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: Use plexiglass to create a "fish tube" for your pond
In this video, learn how to create a brand new way to enjoy your pond. Using plexiglass, create a large, sealed tube that you will then place into your lake or pond. The tube will naturally fill with water and the fish will pop up and visit you inside their new glass window. This way, you will be able to enjoy your fishy friends all the time without falling into the pond water!
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: 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: 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: Choose & Install Garden Lighting
Want to bring some light to your garden and make it look fabulous at night? You may want to consider installing garden lights. As for what sort of lights to install, that depends on your garden and the type of effect you wish to achieve. For detailed instructions on choosing the right garden lights for your home, watch this video guide.
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: 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: Get rid of moles in the yard
Moles can be a problem. You can identify Moles as a problem if when you stick your finger down a hole you can feel a tunnel. There is a safe way to rid your lawn of Moles without harming other pests, insects, pets or family. Castor Oil produces an odor that Moles don't like. Get it in granular or liquid form, sprinkle it around the area. You'll see more Mole activity in the first few days because they'll get agitated but quickly they'll move somewhere else. Don't use a castor oil from a groce...
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.
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: 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: 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: 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.
How To: Drain the Water Off of Your Swimming Pool Cover with a Garden Hose
This video will show you an easy way to siphon the water off of your swimming pool cover with a garden hose.
How To: Cut back ornamental grass
Adrian Higgins is the extraordinary garden writer for the Washington Post and shares with us his tip for cutting back ornamental grass. Spring is late in Washington this year which is good because we haven't gotten around to cutting back our grasses. This is a vital late winter chore because if it isn't done before new growth emerges, cutting could damage the new growth. Different people have different techniques depending on the grass and tool. Adrian doesn't like to use pruners for this tas...
How To: Turn an Old Washing Machine Drum into an Awesome Outdoor Fire Pit
If you want to put a fire pit in your backyard, but don't want to spend a lot of time or money on it, this $10 DIY Upcycled Fire Pit designed by Sarah and Joe over on House & Fig is the perfect weekend project. It's simple, looks great, and shouldn't take much more than an hour to put together. You can pick up a washing machine drum from a used appliance store, and you'll also need a few pieces of steel for the legs and a can of high-heat paint.
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: Make a simple garden fountain with flower pots and cobble stones
Forget about buying a garden fountain. You can make a DIY one for your garden. You can even make a small on for a tabletop! You just need to get the right pump for the job. The base of you fountain just needs to be big enough to completely submerge the pump under water. Watch to learn the rest, which involves flower pots and cobble stones.
How To: Use a riding lawnmower to mow a large yard or lawn
One of the joys of having a large yard is the riding lawnmower! It's not that intimidating. This video shows you a few basic ways to use a riding lawnmower. Always make sure you wear close toed shoes and eye protection!
How To: Use a weed whacker to trim the weeds in your yard
You don't have to spend hours weeding your garden - just use a weed whacker! Always make sure you wear close toed shoes and eye protection when using a weed whacker. And make sure to keep your hands away from the strings!