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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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Fix Now, Save (A Lot) Later

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

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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

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"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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