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12 Best Plants for Black Thumbs
If you've had bad luck creating a lush garden, try these dozen hearty ornamental varieties that can weather the worst neglect
Grow a Healthy Vegetable Garden
The benefits of vegetable gardening go way beyond cutting food costs. Here's a guide to planning, planting, and relishing your own backyard harvest
Concrete Paver Styles
Pavers come in many shapes, detailed to suit almost any architecture, and can transform a ho-hum outdoor space into a handsome and durable expression of your taste.
Concrete Paver Materials
With varying colors, textures, and shapes, there's a paver for every landscape. Here are a few of our favorite looks
All About Concrete Pavers
When it's time for a new driveway or poolside patio, this easy-to-install option is tough, cost-effective, and surprisingly handsome. The TOH experts show you how to choose well for your next project
Best Plants for Colorful Foliage
12 easy-care plants with dramatic leaves that dazzle
14 Household Myths Debunked
The experts from This Old House pick apart 14 commonly held household myths and set the record straight
Keep Mold From Taking Hold
Mold spores are a problem anywhere it's humid, but in post-Katrina New Orleans, the scourge was hard to beat; here's how the owner of the TOH TV NOLA project did it
Learn the Best Ways to Deal with Storm Water
These landscape drainage solutions prevent puddling and flooding and look good too.
Choose a Live Christmas Tree
Extend the holiday spirit long past Christmas. Buy a live tree now, plant it later, then watch it grow year after year.