Lawn How To & DIY
Improve the value of your home by discovering our lawn step-by-step tips & ideas.
How to Maintain a Lawn
In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and host Kevin O'Connor discuss best practices for keeping a lawn lush and green
How to Reseed a Lawn
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to breathe new life into an old, tired lawn
How to Lay Sod
Creating a lush, new lawn with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Choose and Use Lawn Sprinklers
Watering smartly with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
How to Patch a Lawn
Repairing dead, damaged lawns with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Rejuvenate a Dying Lawn
Advice from TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook on how to revive a half-dead yard of grass
How to Deal With Common Lawn Problems
How to diagnose lawn problems like grubs, dog damage, dry spots, moss, and more.
A Guide to Manual Lawn Mowers
A lawn mower is essential equipment for anyone who wants a trim and tidy lawn. This Old House's experts tell you how to choose the best push lawn mower for your grass-cutting needs.
How to Maintain a Lawn Organically
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows an environmentally safe way to grow a greener, healthier lawn.
How to Start a New Lawn Like a Pro
Want a fresh lawn in your yard? We lined up the experts to help you choose the right turf and the best way get the greenest lawn in the neighborhood.
How to Install an Automatic Sprinkler System
TOH landscape contractor shows you how to setup an in-ground sprinkler system to water your lawn automatically.
The Anatomy of a Lawn Mower
It's easier to diagnose and fix problems when you know the right vocabulary. Get to know your mower
9 Steps to a Lush Lawn
Want to create a lusher lawn? Read these tips from This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook.
Water the Lawn With Your Saturday Night Bath
These three gray-water retrofits can shrink your water bill—forever
How to Install A Low-Cost Lawn Sprinkler
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook offers an easy, affordable way to water your grass.
How to Fertilize a Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and host Kevin O'Connor discuss proper techniques for feeding a lush, green lawn.
How to Mow a Lawn
In this how-to video, learn lawn mowing tips from This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to De-thatch a Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook breathes new life into a suffocating lawn.
How to Revive a Dead Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook saves an old lawn.
How to Lay Artificial Turf
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook creates a super-durable, all-season faux-grass play area.
Sprinkler Valve Leaking? Here’s How to Repair It
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to replace a worn-out valve diaphragm on an automatic lawn sprinkler system.
How to Remove Crabgrass
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook rids a lawn of stubborn crabgrass
How to Install an Automatic Sprinkler System
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to install an automatic lawn sprinkler system
How to Treat Your Lawn Organically
Break your lawn's addiction to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides and choose organic lawn care instead.
When Lawn Mowers Won't Start
Blame it on the fuel, or lack of it
How to Seed a Lawn
Prep your lawn for next spring by getting grass seed down at the right time of year
Grasses With Attitude
Ornamental grasses are a cinch to grow, and they won't fade into the background.