Lawns
Norm's Notebook: How to Store Rakes
Master carpenter Norm Abram's techniques for rakes
How to Seed a New Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook plants a new lawn from seed
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.
Removing Established Grass
Two ways to quickly remove established turf
When Lawn Mowers Won't Start
Blame it on the fuel, or lack of it
25 Years of Innovation: Lawn Tractors
Did you ever think you'd need a cell-phone outlet on your lawn mower? Times have changed!
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.