Yard Maintenance
Our yard maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.
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Home Maintenance Tips to Tackle This Summer
As the weather warms up, tackle these summer home maintenance tasks keep everything running smoothly—inside and out.
Spring Home and Lawn Maintenance Tips
Tackle these spring home and lawn maintenance tasks to keep your property looking as good as new.
6 Simple Ways to Get Your Yard and Home Ready for Fall
As the fall season begins, there are a few maintenance tasks to pay attention to around the house. Here are six ways to prepare your yard and home for the cooler season.
The Ultimate Summer Maintenance Checklist
The summer months have arrived, meaning certain areas of your home may need some tending. Here are some maintenance tasks to pay attention to this season.
How to Care for Ornamental Grass
These types of grasses can add beauty and grace to your lawn or garden, but it is critical to know how to care for them. Here are some factors to consider when selecting ornamental grass.
Spring Checklist: Prep Your Home for Warm Weather
Get your home, lawn, and garden ready for the milder, wetter days on the way
End-of-Summer Yard and Garden Cleanup Tips
Give your lawn and garden the care they need by removing debris, dividing crowded perennials, and adding mulch—so plants can come back stronger.
Summer Checklist: Small Projects that Pay Off
Warm weather has finally arrived! It’s time to head outside and give your house and landscape some TLC.
Pro Tips to Get Your House Ready for Warmer Weather
Spring is here, so it’s time to prime the house and garden for the warm-weather months ahead. Read on for tips on how to get everything ready for the summer.
3 Simple Tools to Pick Up Fall Leaves
From leaf blowers to vacuums, we’ve used all kinds of products and technology to tackle this annual chore. Sometimes the best approach is well-designed, simple tools.
All About Burning Leaves
Leaf burning can be an effective way to tackle your fall cleanup. Here are a few tips for burning leaves safely.
How to Drain a Hot Tub
Hot tubs are meant for relaxation, but there’s one aspect of owning one that may be stressing you out: draining the water to clean the tub. Read our guide to learn how to drain your hot tub.
How to Choose the Right Mulch
By selecting a mulch that suits your plants and site conditions, you can achieve healthier soil, happier plants, and reduced erosion.
How to Fix a Leaky Hose Spigot
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains some of the common failure points in hose spigots and how to repair them.
6 Best Chemical Sprayers (2024 Guide)
In this guide, our team reviews and recommends the best chemical sprayers for every type of type of residential or commercial job.
How to Winterize Your Grill and Outdoor Kitchen Appliances
Whether you've got a charcoal kettle on wheels or a gas grill built into an outdoor kitchen, here's how to store your grill during the off-season.
How to Remove Overgrown Foundation Shrubs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner remove foundation shrubs that have overtaken the front of her house
Cordless Lawn Mowers That Won’t Quit
We’re living in the golden age of cordless lawn mowers. Not long ago, these quiet, smokeless cutters had anemic batteries that made you wish you were mowing with gas.
How to Put Your Snow Blower to Bed
Here’s what to do now to ensure that your snow blower is ready for action next winter.
How to Maintain Fruit Trees
Pay attention to these four key areas and your trees will remain at a manageable height while producing abundant fruit. Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery, one of the largest growers of fruit trees in the country, helps gardeners get the most out of their trees by focusing on this checklist
Prep Your Yard for Fall
Cooler temperatures and abundant rainfall are an invitation to tend to what’s green and growing. Here are 3 things you need to tackle this fall
CHECKLIST | Get Your House Ready for Spring
Put these items on your fix-it list to transition from winter to spring
How to Revive a Lawn With a Slice Seeder
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows a quick, easy way to seed and resuscitate a sickly looking lawn
How to Fix a Patchy, Weedy Lawn
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook resuscitates a dying lawn
Backyard Renovation: Creating a Low-Maintenance Yard
Using no-fuss materials and water-thrifty plantings, this landscaping pro gave his small urban lot plenty of visual punch
Smart Spring Yard Cleanup
Tackle a little early spring maintenance now to get your yard ready for the growth spurt to come.
Get to Know Your Gas Grill
Keep your gas grill from going on the fritz. Here's how to identify parts and problems, and keep it firing up just like new
10 Best Tools for Fall Cleanup (2023)
Are you battling leaves and debris outdoors? Discover the 10 best tools to make your yard beautiful this autumn in our guide to fall cleanup.
How to Winterize Yard Tools
Your outdoor power tools will benefit from some upkeep before they hibernate for the long winter ahead.
5 Tips for Maintaining Garden Fountains
Without regular care, a bubbling fountain can quickly go from lovely to grubby. Follow these steps to properly care for your garden fountain.
9 Steps to a Lush Lawn
Want to create a lusher lawn? Read these tips from This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
How to Seed a New Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook plants a new lawn from seed
How to Fertilize a Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and host Kevin O'Connor discuss proper techniques for feeding a lush, green lawn.