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This Old House offers ideas for cooling your home, maintaining your yard and garden, planting trees, building a deck, and more summer upkeep projects

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28 Easy Summer Weekend Projects

Take advantage of the warm weather to add some of these fun and beautiful upgrades to your home … more

Summer Upkeep Tip

Empty the gas tank on your power lawn mower before cleaning it and storing it for the winter. Unused gas left in the tank can get stale, gumming up the carburetor and inviting rust. Disconnect the spark plug to prevent accidental starts while you're working.

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