Home, Garden & Outdoor Living — real tips from the forest floor · Page 19
March and April are when your lawn wakes up—and so do the fungi. Catch these three common spring lawn diseases early with simple identification tricks and cheap preventative treatments before they turn into a thousand-dollar lawn replacement.
Most homeowners prune too hard or at the wrong time, and their trees pay the price. Here's exactly what to cut this spring—and what to leave alone.
Winter's been hard on your grill. Willy Squatch walks you through the inspection, cleaning, and safety checks that'll have your outdoor cooking station humming before your first spring cookout.
Winter's over, and your pond is probably looking like a swamp right now. I'll walk you through spring pond cleaning, pump startup, and the mistakes that'll have your fish belly-up by April.
Most folks lose money and patience planting vegetables too early in spring. Here's the straightforward timeline for your hardiness zone—with a printable calendar you can use right now.
Winter leaves your patio looking like something grew on it—because something did. Here's exactly how to blast away the grime without turning your pavers into a pile of rubble.
Your lawn took a beating over winter. Spring is your chance to overseeded those bare patches and thicken what's left before summer heat shows up. Here's exactly how to do it without tearing everything out and starting fresh.
Winter hits your fence hard, and most homeowners don't notice the damage until Memorial Day arrives and the grill's already fired up. Here's how to spot rotted posts, fix them right, and protect your fence for the next decade.
Your deck won't survive another summer without protection—and rushing the job now will cost you thousands in repairs later. Here's exactly how to stain, seal, and maintain pressure treated wood the right way.
