Yard Videos
These This Old House videos showcase all of our yard projects, how-tos, and designs.
How to Build a Shishkaball Ball-Drop Game
TOH's Team Saturday shows you how to entertain friends with a yard-size version of this ball-drop game, made from wire fencing and plant stakes.
How to Build a Ladder Golf Game Set
Entertain your guests with this game of wood rungs that catch golf ball bolas.
How to Build an Outdoor Bar Cart
Offer guests cocktails and brews by wheeling out this dedicated serving station.
How to Build a Wood Retaining Wall
This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook shows how to construct a wood-timber retaining wall to create a play area.
How to Plant a Mature Tree
This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook shares his secrets for planting a large tree
How to Build a Concrete Sitting Wall
TOH Senior Technical Editor Mark Powers shows how to make a concrete block garden border that does double duty as extra backyard seating
How to Build a Miniature Golf Course
Bring the family together by building the green and then playing on it with this DIY miniature golf cart that both kids and adults can enjoy.
How to Build a Water Rocket
Blast into space using PVC piping in this easy DIY project that adults and kids can complete together.
How to Build a Bird Feeder
For a fun family project, make a DIY bird feeder out of cedar wood and materials you can find at a home center and grocery store.
How to Build a Lemonade Stand
How to make a sturdy display table, with instructions for parents and kids.
Build a DIY Sandbox
How to create a backyard play area, with instructions for parents and kids.
How to Build a Tree Swing
Make an old-fashioned rope swing with these instructions for parents and kids.
How to Build a Soccer Goal
Learn how to make your own backyard soccer goal with these easy instructions for parents and kids.
How to Build a Simple Sandbox
Spend an afternoon assembling this simple backyard play area for kids of all ages.
How to Build Wooden Stilts
Walk a little taller after assembling these fun playtime accessories.
How to Build a Fort
How to make a versatile backyard play area, with instructions for parents and kids.
How to Build a Bat House
In this how-to video, learn how to make a bat house, with instructions for parents and kids
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 Seed a New Lawn
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook plants a new lawn from seed
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
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 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