Yard How To & DIY
Improve the value of your home by discovering our yard step-by-step tips & ideas.
How to Build a Bat House
Give these mosquito-eating creatures a place to roost in time for trick-or-treat season, and reap the benefits year-round. With instructions for parents and kids
How to Repair Drip Irrigation
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook fixes a severed irrigation line
How to Deer-proof Shrubs
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows 5 ways to keep deer from lunching on your landscape
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 Plant Ground Cover
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to transform a balding patch of grass into a lush, low-maintenance planting bed
How to Revive a Dead Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook saves an old lawn.
How to Clear Large Shrubs
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows efficient way to remove unwanted shrubbery
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
Grill Maintenance 101
The key to great barbecue isn't your secret sauce—it's a clean grill. Follow these tips for improved grill performance and better tasting barbecue.
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
Creating a Backyard Built for Playing Games
Turn a ho-hum lawn into a hub of activity with a sport court for horseshoes, croquet, or bocce. This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows you how
How to Create a Small Yard With Big Impact
Here are handful of ways to turn a little lot into a series of useful, beautiful outdoor rooms.
How to Plant a Tree in Poor Soil
In this how-to video, learn sure-fire tree-planting tips with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Trim Hedges
Five important tips to ensure your hedges are properly maintained and looking their best.
How to Move Large Rocks
Yes, you can shift a hunk of stone without heavy machinery
How to Seed a Lawn
Prep your lawn for next spring by getting grass seed down at the right time of year
How to Install Drip Irrigation
Create an automatic watering system that makes sure lawn plants get their fill.
Building a Cabana
Nothing says Hollywood pool like a cabana. Add glamour with this easy-to-build variety.
Outdoor Speaker Systems: Planning Guide
Here’s how to plan the perfect outdoor audio systems.
3 Ways to Reduce Road Noise in Your Backyard
Here’s our best noise reduction tips to help you block out the sounds of busy street traffic and your neighbor’s lawn mower.
Creating a Landscape Plan
Here's how we laid out a garden for a home in the backyard of another home. Talk about a challenge
How to Choose and Use a Leaf Blower
It may come as a surprise to the sound-sensitive neighbors, but most people buy blowers too small for their needs
How to Restore Outdoor Furniture
Learn how to extend the life of your lawn chairs with the advice from an expert.
Spring Flood Watch
Learn how to keep your basement dry and your yard puddle-free
Outdoor Kitchens
Why run back and forth to the house when you can move everything you need outside?
How to Prevent Weeds From Growing
Tips on how to keep weeds out of the garden, add the right amount of mulch over weeds, and 6 mistakes to avoid to keep your garden weed-free.
Build a Graceful Retreat in Your Yard
Gazebos offer shade, shelter from passing showers and a great place to build summer memories.
8 Most Common Types of Weeds in Grass
How do you remove lawn weeds? Read on to identify the most common types and the worst ones.
Beyond the Basic Shed
These practical yet stylish backyard structures offer more than a place to store the mower.
A Private Matter
Turn your yard into a secluded haven without giving your neighbors the cold shoulder