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: Use the Sunlawn LMM40 manual reel mower
Video shows how to use the Sunlawn LMM40 manual reel mower. Lars explains its features and displays how to use it properly in this informative video.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Install No-Frills Drip Irrigation
Solving a Dilemma This is a simple how-to for a cost effective drip irrigation system for your garden. My motivation to set up my garden for drip irrigation was pretty simple. In the summer, it gets to 90+ degrees outside, and my 50’ garden hose didn’t reach the far extents where I have the majority of my large trees. I noticed a large amount of the water I applied to the trees just ran off and did absolutely nothing. This was a huge waste of resources.
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: Install a star-drip irrigation system
A drip irrigation line is placed around the base of a tree in a ring. A section of the ring is cut open and made into a T shape with the addition of another piece of drip emmiter wire going from the ring outwards. The next end of the additional wire is bound to the ground with a pin. An additional wire is placed at the irrigation ring and the opposing end bent,covered and also pinned outward from the ring. Holes are pierced into the plastic bedding of gravels on the ground to allow water to p...
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: Install a garden edge
Installing a garden edge is an easy and effective way to ensure that your garden stays orderly and that your lawn doesn't creep over. A garden edge can also be a big help in keeping weeds from getting into your garden and ruining your beautiful plants. You will need to measure around the perimeter you want to enclose and buy a corresponding amount of edging. After that, it's as easy as digging around the area with a spade and putting the edging into the ground. Then you just fill in dirt arou...
How To: Get grease off a concrete driveway
You don't have to live with an oil-stained driveway. Get rid of the mess with these stain-busting techniques. This video will show you how to get grease off a concrete driveway.
How To: Build a semicircular concrete pad in the backyard
Get professional tips for measuring, marking and pouring a concrete pad. This how to video is a quick excerpt from a DIY show. Watch and learn all the little details that go into planning, measuring and installing a semicircular concrete pad in your homes back yard.
How To: Install a Rain Bird 5000 Series Rotor sprinkler nozzle
See how to install a Rain Bird 5000 Series Rotor sprinkler nozzle in this video tutorial. All you need is a screwdriver to get your grass watered in time for lawn competition. Installing sprinkler nozzles on a Rain Bird 5000 Series Rotor sprinkler is easy, and explained by Sean Stefan of Sprinkler Daddy in this landscaping video right here.
How To: Paint and acid wash a swimming pool
This three-part video tutorial demonstrates how to acid wash and paint a swimming pool. In part 1, host Tim Casey shows you how to properly and safely acid wash your swimming pool to prepare for painting. Part 2 discusses the steps involved in repairing cracks in a pool wall, step and deck while Part 3 covers the actual pool painting process.
How To: Fix a garden hose with a hose mender
We've all done it, whether the hose got caught under the lawn mower or if the ends got frayed. Garden hose can get slits and holes in them. This how to video shows you easy garden hose repairs that will keep you from buying a new one.
How To: Prune a privet hedge with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to prune a privet hedge. Steps:
How To: Prevent roots in your sewer line
Tim Carter shows a clever method that prevents tree roots from entering an underground sewer or septic line. Check for underground utilities before attempting this project.
How To: Prune tall hedges
We next discuss trimming regular hedges. Most people just want a hedge that's tidy and neat, one that performs a function of blocking a view. We discuss some newly planted Boxwoods. Glenn planted these several months ago and wants to keep these low growing, about the height of the wall behind them. When the new growth starts to come up and the plant has reached its desired height, he prunes them. Glenn leaves an open space between the plant and the wall, this allows for good air circulation, ...
How To: Fertilize roses with coffee grounds
The Sun Sprite Rose has a nice fragrance but you want to keep it healthy by fertilizing it. Roses are heavy feeders so Charlie suggests adding compost in the Spring, really building up the soil, maybe put in some time release fertilizer pellets, then use regular Rose food to keep the Roses really looking good. Another home remedy involves fertilizing with coffee grounds. Coffee grounds sprinkled around Roses about a quarter of an inch to half an inch thick will help Roses grow and bloom bette...
How To: Recycle cobblestone
Tim Carter demonstrates how to use recycled cobblestones. Cobblestone can be used to edge gardens, driveways and walkways. These paving stones make a great border.
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: 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: 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.
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.