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How To: Mow your lawn like a pro
Get the neighborhood association off your back—or just do yourself proud with this how to video, where you learn to mow your lawn like a professional.
How To: Clean a grill properly
Dirty barbecue grills will make your food taste funny. This how to video shows you how to properly clean your grill.
How To: Pick the right garden hose
There are a lot of garden hoses out there, but not all hoses are created equal. This how to video shows you how to choose the right garden hose for you.
How To: Clean a gas grill
In this how to video learn to clean a gas grill with minimal effort. Once you try this simple trick for removing caked-on food and grease from your gas grill, you’ll never dread this chore again.
How To: Light the outside of your home
This how to video walks you through how to light the exterior of your home. Enhance the beauty of your home at night while keeping it safe with this tutorial.
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: Clean up oil stains from your driveway
Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com demonstrates how to get an oil stain off a concrete or blacktop driveway.
How To: Create a garden arbor
Tim Carter shows you how to make an arbor from a photograph in a catalog. His tips will enable you to create your own garden arbor plans.
How To: Use cobblestone for edging around your yard
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to use recycled cobblestones on your home property. Cobblestone can be used to edge gardens, driveways, and walkways.
How To: Make a bale of pine straw
This video shows how to make a bale of pine straw using a one-man-baler, aka, a box baler. The two strings are pre-cut to around 90", having a 'eye' tied on one end. The 'eye' is slipped over the rod at top of baler and routed inside the baler and back out through the long slots in the baler door. It helps to stand on the two strings, keeping them taut while loading the initial handful of straw. As you push the straw down into the box, the strings will then be correctly positioned at the bott...
How To: Design a brick walkway with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn different brick patterns. Steps:
How To: Lay a flagstone walkway with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to lay a flagstone walkway. Steps:
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: Remove crabgrass
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to remove crabgrass. Steps:
How To: Install a rainwater collector with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a rainwater collection system. Steps:
How To: Choose exterior paint schemes with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to choose exterior paint schemes. Steps:
How To: Plant a tree in poor soil with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to plant a tree in poor soil. Steps:
How To: Plant a tree with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to plant a tree. Steps:
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: Choose palm trees with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to choose the perfect palm trees for your back yard.
How To: Remove a tree stump with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to remove a tree stump. Steps:
How To: Transplant a small tree with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to transplant a tree. Steps:
How To: Lay a brick walkway with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to lay a brick walkway. This project is difficult as it requires a lot of digging and heavy lifting. Lay a brick walkway with This Old House.
How To: Select a garden shed for your backyard
Pat Simpson helps you select the right shed for your back yard. Whether your using it for supplies or tools, he'll point you in the right direction.
How To: Turn a salvaged urn into a garden fountain
In this video, Amy R. Hughes shows you how to breathe new life into a salvaged urn by creating this easy water feature in 5 quick steps.
How To: Create a chimney pot garden light
All you've got to do is a some simple wiring and a little digging in the garden.
How To: Install a flagstone path
Learn how to make a simple and easy flagstone path in just a few steps.
How To: Install and use an underground sprinkler system
Watch this video to learn the basics of installing an underground sprinkler system. The points discussed in this video are just a few of the ways a sprinkler system can be used and applied. The video covers ways to set up the system and calibrate it to effectively water your lawn and garden.
How To: Winterize a garden pond
The colder weather means your pond may need some preventative maintenance. Think about the fish, plants and pumps when you are cleaning up. Follow these tips to be successful
How To: Make stepping stones with garden molds
Sick of messing up your garden? Make stepping stones for your garden.
How To: Trap a mole for your garden
Sick of moles ruining your garden? Watch this video to control moles in your yard.
How To: Make a simple trellis
Want to make your own trellis instead of buying one?
How To: Build a rock wall
This shows Dave building a rock wall for us from field stone.
How To: Clean your pond of algae and sludge
This video from Garden Time talks about the different products to get your pond clean of algae and sludge and tells you how to use them.
How To: Add color to the fall garden
If you're looking for plants that bloom well into the fall, consider adding fall crocus and colchicum to your garden.
How To: Keep your garden green during winter
Learn about some plants (evergreens) you can use to keep some green in your yard all winter long.
How To: Create spectacular patio designs
Learn how today's cutting edge landscape and garden designers are breathing life into patio spaces. Get some really great ideas on making your patio fun and functional and last a long time.
How To: Mulch a garden
Gardening doesn't have to be a lot of work, especially if you use mulch in your vegetable and ornamental beds and pathways. Mulch is a huge garden time saver because it helps prevent weeds, reduces the need to water, moderates soil temperatures, adds organic matter to the soil as it breaks down and helps your garden look tidy.
How To: Maintain a pond
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, jumps in her pond and maintains the filter systems
How To: Clean out ponds for Spring
Dave talks with Tom Frost about what you need to do to get your man-made pond ready for spring: changing the water, hosing down the sides of the pond, and installing a pump and filtration media.