Yard How To & DIY
Improve the value of your home by discovering our yard step-by-step tips & ideas.
How to Install a Water Feature that Reuses Rainwater
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a water feature that collects and reuses rainwater.
How to Harvest Honey from a Beehive
Landscaper Roger Cook and a professional beekeeper harvest honey, talk about hive health and show you how to maintain and grow your hive.
How to Set Up a Beehive
Ask This Old House’s Roger Cook takes you through everything you need to plan and install a beehive in your backyard or a field near your home.
7 Giant Yard Games You Can DIY
You'll be like an ant with a Cheetoh if you make these oversized yard games! Get ready for a summer of fun with these DIY yard game projects.
Build It | How to Build a Chicken Coop
Use pressure-treated lumber and PVC trim to create a shelter designed by Tom Silva to keep predators at bay—and provide a source of fresh eggs right out your back door.
How to Build a Fire Pit Patio
On their own, handsome stone pavers expand a home’s entertaining space, but add a fire pit and your yard becomes a destination
DIY Pool, Pond, and Fountain Ideas for Your Yard
Everything you need to know about installing and maintaining water features in your yard.
Design Ideas: 8 Sheds You’ll Love
Dreaming of a gorgeous guest house? A zen yoga den? A drool-worthy workshop? Here are a few ways to turn an ordinary shed into an outdoor oasis!
How to Get a Great-Looking Lawn
Ask This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook heads to Kentucky to help a homeowner revive his lawn.
How to Put Your Snow Blower to Bed
Here’s what to do now to ensure that your snow blower is ready for action next winter.
How to Maintain Fruit Trees
Pay attention to these four key areas and your trees will remain at a manageable height while producing abundant fruit. Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery, one of the largest growers of fruit trees in the country, helps gardeners get the most out of their trees by focusing on this checklist
How to Run Electricity to a Shed
Electrician Scott Caron shows us how he powers an outbuilding—which takes wiring knowledge as well as lots of digging.
How to Shovel Snow Safely
Freezing temperatures often bring snow, sleet, and ice. And removing that messy wintry mix from your walkways and driveways is no easy feat. Here is the best way to shovel snow to prevent injury and lessen your workload.
Outdoor Rooms Fit for Entertaining
Living areas spill into the outdoors
Prep Your Yard for Fall
Cooler temperatures and abundant rainfall are an invitation to tend to what’s green and growing. Here are 3 things you need to tackle this fall
How to Build a Tree House
Kevin O’Connor and Tom Silva build a great backyard treehouse using special hardware that will allow the tree to continue to grow for many years
How to Build a DIY Treehouse
Use specialty hardware designed to preserve the tree and a mix of lumber and branches to create a platform sturdy enough to support your kids’ wildest imaginations.
How to Build a High-Tunnel Greenhouse
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner build a simple, affordable backyard greenhouse
How to Install a Frost-Proof Hose Spigot
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner install a new sill cock
How to Install a House Hydrant
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a house hydrant to replace a leaky outdoor spigot.
A Suburban Lot Turns into Magical Garden Rooms
Here's how an ordinary suburban lot became a nature playground for kid and adults alike—with ideas anyone can use
How to Hand-Prune Trees
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows the proper way to prune a branch without damaging the tree
Build It | How to Build a Chicken Coop
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva creates a backyard chicken coop for a homeowner in Connecticut in "Build It."
How to Install a Water-Saving Drip-Irrigation System
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner install a drip-irrigation system
How to Install an Outdoor Television
Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron installs a weatherproof television to complete a homeowner's patio.
How to Plant a Large Shade Tree
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner select and plant a deciduous shade tree.
How to Maintain Your Snow Blower
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook gives tips on how to keep a snow blower running through every storm.
Ask Roger: How to Calculate Cubic Yards
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook simplifies the tricky task to ordering mulch by the cubic yard
How to Make a Rain Barrel for $40
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows a homeowner how to make her own rain barrel on a budget
Fall Lawn Treatment: 7 Musts for Your Yard
Take note of these helpful tips that your lawn needs before the onset of winter.
How to Install a Raised Vegetable Garden with Arbors
This Old House landscaping contractors Roger Cook and Jenn Nawada help an elementary school build and plant a raised-bed vegetable garden.
How to Install a Natural Gas Barbecue Grill
This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a natural gas line for a barbecue grill