This Old House offers ideas for cooling your home, maintaining your yard and garden, planting trees, building a deck, and more summer upkeep projects
Summer Upkeep: Featured Article
Our experts help you address 9 little trouble spots around your home before they cause big—as in big bucks—damage down the road… more
Q: Our 30-year-old English yew has begun to turn brown in places. Is it suffering from a disease or simply past its prime?
—Jan & Don Erickson, Kenosha, WI
"Use gates and garden arches to transition from public to private areas or frame a view when landscaping. They also encourage you to pause so you can enjoy your surroundings."
— TOH reader Maria Hasenecz, Lancaster, PA
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