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10 Tips to Go Green in Your Yard
Help eco-friendly changes take root in your yard. Here are 10 ideas to get you started. |
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60-Minute Home Improvement Projects
Think you don’t have time for a home improvement project? Think again. Here are some ideas for quick projects that can improve your home’s ... |
 
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A History of Elm Court
Bob Vila meets with Bob Berle at Elm Court in the Berkshire Hills. Berle‘s great-great grandparents, Vanderbilt-Sloanes, had the home built in ... |
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A Pesticide Primer
When pesticides are needed, one should always start with the safest thing and use it only on the target insect. |
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A Sustainable Yard and Landscape
Bob starts the walkthrough of the finished Punta Gorda home in the yard, which is sustainable and certified as a Florida Yard by the University of ... |
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Adjusting Reel Mowers
Reel mowers are easy to adjust with simple instructions. |
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An Illusion of Neatness: Garden Cleanliness
Some people's gardens always look as though they were momentarily expecting Architectural Digest's photographer. Others look as though they've ... |
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Annuals vs. Perennials
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Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
At the modular home site in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the backfilling of the Superior Walls ... |
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Backyard Ponds
A pond or water garden will likely become the focal point for all your backyard conservation. |
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Backyard Wetland
Wetlands filter excess pesticides and nutrients. Many plants and animals find a home in wetlands. |
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Barbecue Station and Gas Grill
Bob closes his review of the Rowley Victorian remodel with a look at the barbecue station that sits below grade and is accessed by inset western ... |
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Bark Saver
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Beveled Fence Post
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Beware Backflow
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Beware of Birdseed
Birdseed carries the eggs of meal moths. In hot weather these varmints hatch, eat starch, then pupate and turn into small tan moths with black ... |
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Beware of Invasive Vines
If you have bare ground but don't want more lawn, evergreen ground covers are very good. |
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Blade Balance
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Blending Decks into Yards and Landscapes
To avoid an awkward separation between your deck and yard, soften the deck’s perimeter with plantings to create a seamless flow from the house to ... |
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Blossom And Leaf Removal
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