Gardening
All About Mulch
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada explains the purposes of different types of mulch and demonstrates a few application techniques.
Low-Maintenance Fruit Trees to Grow in Your Yard
If you’ve ever fantasized about growing a fruit tree, it’s entirely possible, even if you don’t have acres of land. A small backyard or even a pot on a balcony will do.
All About Growing Echinacea
Ask This Old House Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada explains how to identify and care for echinaceas. She also shares a variety of ways to incorporate them in a garden.
How to Maintain Bypass Pruners
Ask This Old House Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada explains what should be done to maintain a set of bypass pruners and why it matters.
How to Build a Space-Saving 3-Tiered Planter
Using rot-resistant cedar lumber from the home center, This Old House DIY Expert and House One Editor Jenn Largesse shows how to build a space-saving tiered planter.
Can Epsom Salt Help in the Garden?
Get to the root of this hotly contested compound to learn how it might yield more beautiful, bountiful plants.
How to Keep Window Box Arrangements Fresh Throughout Winter
Help keep your outdoor winter arrangements in great shape with these pointers from This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada.
All About Arborvitaes
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada explains some of the basics of selecting and caring for a couple different species of arborvitae.
Pro Tips to Get Your House Ready for Warmer Weather
Spring is here, so it’s time to prime the house and garden for the warm-weather months ahead. Read on for tips on how to get everything ready for the summer.
9 Best Perennial Shade Plants
There are plenty of beautiful plants that don’t need direct sunlight to thrive. The best perennial shade plants for your yard fit not only the climate but also the look and feel that you want for your yard or garden.
Best Garden Rakes of 2024 (Tested and Ranked)
In this comprehensive review and buying guide, our team tests and ranks today's best garden rakes to help you find the perfect fit.
9 Must-Haves to Spruce Up Your Home for Spring
Take advantage of the longer, warmer days to spruce up, indoors and out.
How to Clean Up and Expand a Garden
Want to learn how to take an overgrown flower bed and transform it into a beautiful garden? Watch as Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada cleans up the garden by pruning, dividing, and defining the edges.
The 5 Best Pickaxes (2024 Review)
Loosen compact soil, dig holes for plants, cut through roots, and perform other gardening tasks with help from one of the best pickaxes available on Amazon.
Everything You Need to Know About Christmas Trees
Landscape Contractor Jenn Nawada discusses the various types of Christmas trees.
Best Valentine's Day Gifts for Gardeners (2024 Guide)
If one of your family members or friends has a green thumb, find a gift that supports their love of gardening. In this review, the This Old House Reviews Team researched the best gardening gifts to help you find the product that’s right for your loved one.
How to Get Squirrel-Proof Bulb Plantings
Few sights can make your heart sink like watching the spring-flowering bulbs you just planted become food for four-legged foragers. Read these tips to keep squirrels from eating your freshly planted bulbs.
Everything You Need to Know About Willow Hybrid Trees
Hybrid willow trees are exceptionally fast-growing, perfect for giving you the lush, living privacy screen you want in just a few years.
Everything You Need to Know About Burning Bush
Burning bush shrubs have a bold, fiery scarlet hue throughout the fall, making either a bold statement as a specimen plant or a stunning hedge or privacy screen.
Everything You Need to Know About Limelight Hydrangea Trees
Limelight hydrangea trees produce prolific, enormous, pale green blooms that turn cream or pink as summer turns into fall.
Everything You Need to Know About Emperor Japanese Maple Trees
Emperor Japanese Maple trees are a compact, cold-hardy variety that put on a brilliant display of dazzling red flowers for three seasons.
Everything You Need to Know About Bloodgood Japanese Maple Trees
Bloodgood Japanese maple trees reveal brilliant, red foliage for three seasons of the year.
Everything You Need to Know About Spartan Juniper Trees
Spartan juniper trees make for low-maintenance and drought-tolerant privacy screens that stay vibrant green year-round.
A Guide to Nellie Stevens Holly
Nellie Stevens holly is an adaptable shrub that can survive under a wide range of conditions, from sun to shade, acidic soil to alkaline soil, and water to no water. Read this guide to learn how you can grow and maintain this evergreen, low-maintenance shrub.
Everything You Need to Know About Owari Mandarin Trees
Owari Mandarin trees are cold-hardy orange trees that produce juicy, easy-to-peel, seedless fruit throughout the holiday season.
Everything You Need to Know About Superior Hybrid Poplar Trees
Superior hybrid poplar trees are a popular hardy, low-maintenance option for fast-growing shade trees or privacy screens with visual interest in the fall.
Everything You Need to Know About 5-in-1 Apple Trees
You only need one 5-in-1 apple tree to reap a large harvest of five different apples.
Everything You Need to Know About Endless Summer Hydrangeas
Endless Summer Hydrangeas live up to their name, blooming massive pink or blue mophead flowers on both old and new wood all summer long.
Everything You Need to Know About Everbearing Mulberry Trees
Everbearing mulberry trees yield abundant crops of delicious mulberries in just a few years, perfect for snacking, baking, and more.
Everything You Need to Know About Lavender Rhododendrons
Lavender rhododendrons make a striking statement with their deep lilac bell-shaped blooms in spring and their leathery evergreen foliage that lasts year-round.
Everything You Need to Know About Jane Magnolia Trees
Jane Magnolia trees are vigorous, blooming massive colorful flowers even in cold climates.
Everything You Need to Know About Stella Cherry Trees
Convenient and elegant, Stella cherry trees self-pollinate to yield juicy, delicious dark red fruit.