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Garden Remodels

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While deployed 7,500 miles from home, this reader designed his dream backyard on paper, then spent months building it

A Seabee Designs a Long-Distance Backyard Remodel

a boy looks at a stream on a zig-zag bridge in a backyard garden retreat

Here's how an ordinary suburban lot became a nature playground for kid and adults alike—with ideas anyone can use

Into the Woods for a Lot Turned into Magical Garden Rooms

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Generation Next: Cabinet Building 101, sponsored by Festool

Host Kevin O’Connor accompanies two TOH apprentices to one of Festool’s hands-on training workshops, where a master craftsman demonstrates how to assemble cabinetry

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Deer proofing shrubs

In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows 5 ways to keep deer from lunching on your...

How to Deer-proof Shrubs

yard with brightly colored dahlias

In a showstopping array of colors, sizes, and shapes, dahlias can play a leading role in your garden's finale

Dahlias: Late Summer's Drama Queens

all about shade trees

Plant one to boost property values, lower energy costs—and leave a lasting legacy

All About Shade Trees

woman working in her vegetable garden

We gathered problems experienced by gardeners around the country and offered up some savvy solutions

Troubleshooting Your Vegetable Garden

growing Irish potatoes in an egg carton

Don't throw these eight fruits and veggies in the compost bin. Give them a new life in an indoor garden

Grow a Garden From Kitchen Scraps

a farmhouse kitchen brightened with color and rustic touches

Carved out of an apple orchard, these colorful garden rooms show how fall-blooming perennials, long-flowering annuals...

Late-Season Garden Sensation

a lush garden that uses rainwater to sustain it

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to use rainwater to sustain a lush garden

How to Build a Rain Garden

extensive garden upgrade in Santa Margarita, California

A couple of plant pros coax a patch of bare soil into a series of gardens brimming with blooms—a few even fit for a...

Practical Magic Garden Upgrade

whimsical garden remodel in Sturgeon Bay, WI with terra-cotta clay pot sculptures

Every garden deserves a piece of art. Meet the green thumbs who tamed a barren Wisconsin lot, taking the idea of clay...

A Garden Remodel Goes to Pots

spring greens both inside and outside a raised garden bed

Turn over a new leaf and plant these versatile alternatives to plain old lettuce. We’ve got tips to get you growing...

Grow Your Own Spring Greens

3 pairs of garden gloves for comparison

Not all gardening gloves are created equal. Here, three standouts to help you foster a flourishing yard

Cut-Above Gardening Gloves

Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor show other uses for an old hose reel

Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor show other uses for an old hose reel

How to Reuse a Garden Hose Reel

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