More from Teresa Odle (Page 2)

Woman selecting clothes from her wardrobe for donating to a Charity shop.

Cleaning & Organizing

25 Things to Get Rid of Before 2026

By Steph Coelho, Kat Hodgins, Updated by Teresa Odle

Woman manually removes cyperus weed from ground.

How to Get Rid of Nutsedge

Steam from a humidifier around a group of green plants indoors.

How to Increase Humidity for Houseplants, Even During the Driest Days of Winter

By Audrey Stallsmith, Updated by Teresa Odle

A southwestern home with repainted stucco siding in a warm terra cotta color.

Painting & Finishing

What I Wish I’d Known Before Repainting My Stucco House

An overcrowded raised bed vegetable garden in a backyard.

The Rookie Mistake I Made in My Vegetable Garden This Summer

Three skunks on a deck outside a home.

How to Get Rid of Skunk Smell

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

Woman wearing gardening gloves pruning garden plants.

10 Tasks to Complete When Closing Your Garden for the Season

By Kat Hodgins, Updated by Teresa Odle

Edge of green grass next to dark brown mulch, with some yard tools on the lawn between the two areas.

How Long Does It Take for Grass to Grow?

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila, Debbie Wolfe

A piece of pressure-treated wood, along with the materials needed to prime and paint it.

Painting & Finishing

How to Paint Pressure-Treated Wood

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila

Light brown weevil crawling on white stone block.

How to Get Rid of Weevils in Your Pantry

By Teresa Odle, BobVila.com Staff, Kelly Weimert

A person with a garden glove on uses a garden tool to plant ground cover plants.

The 15 Best Low-Maintenance Ground Cover Plants for Your Property

By Sarah Littleton, Teresa Odle

A squirrel climbs a wooden picket fence.

8 Ways to Get Rid of Squirrels on Your Property Without Harming Them

By Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Xeriscape landscaping ideas shown in a home landscape.

15 Xeriscape Ideas for a Beautiful, More Sustainable Yard

A cottontail rabbit eats a marigold from a planted garden.

13 Ways to Keep Animals Out of Your Garden Without Harming Them

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Teresa Odle

A woman sits in front of a fan to cool off in her humid home.

How to Lower Humidity in the House

By Deirdre Mundorf, Updated by Teresa Odle

Person wipes a paste with a cloth across black granite countertop.

How to Clean Granite Countertops

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila

Why Is My House So Humid

Why Is My House so Humid?

By Melissa Maynard de Kerch, Evelyn Auer, Updated by Teresa Odle

An ant climbs a small yellow flower.

12 Plants That Repel Ants Naturally

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

Mosquitoes hovering outdoors.

How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes and Keep Them From Coming Back

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Teresa Odle

Tumble of Strawberries

How to Grow Strawberries

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

Trusted contractor in the kitchen shaking hands with a homeowner

The Home Improvement Heroes of 2025: 26 Companies for Any—and Every—Project

By Jeff Keleher, Sophie Kaemmerlé, Reviewed and Updated by Teresa Odle

Water leak on ceiling of apartment unit.

Repair & Maintenance

Water Stains on the Ceiling: Common Causes and Solutions

By Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

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How to Grow Onions

By Audrey Stallsmith, Teresa Odle

Woman aerating the garden lawn with a digging fork.

How to Aerate Your Lawn

By Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Birds eye view of a gardener using plastic bottles as cloches over seedlings in a gardening bed.

20 Dirt-Cheap Ways to Maintain Your Garden This Season

By Kelsey Savage, Updated by Teresa Odle

A family gets ready to leave their home for vacation.

How to Keep Your Lawn and Garden Happy While You Are on Vacation

By Kat Hodgins, Updated by Teresa Odle

Person wearing work gloves pulls up dandelion with garden trowel.

How to Get Rid of Dandelions in Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Teresa Odle

A person in work boots using a shovel to work in garden soil.

4 Types of Soil Every Gardener Should Know

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

The grass of a lawn burning in a wildfire.

Fire-Resistant Landscaping Tips Every Homeowner Should Know

Someone out of frame pours oil into a red lawnmower.

What Type of Lawn Mower Oil Should I Use?

By Amy Lynch, Teresa Odle

Close-up view of grass seeds coming out of a handheld seed spreader

How to Overseed a Lawn

By Teresa Odle, Stacey L. Nash

Blue fertilizer spread on a green lawn.

Types of Fertilizer For Your Lawn and Garden

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

A hand wearing a yellow gardening glove uses a small shovel to sprinkle sulfur on a garden plot.

How to Lower pH in Soil

By Amber Guetebier, Updated by Teresa Odle

Person wearing garden gloves cuts thick weeds with a sickle.

Homemade Weed Killers and Preventative Treatments That Really Work

By Teresa Odle, Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A woman in a blue shirt with red hair scrubs a pink-tiled bathtub with black mold damage.

Cleaning and Preventing Black Mold in the Bathroom

By Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer, Updated by Teresa Odle

Wiping down a wooden surface to remove wood stain.

Painting & Finishing

How to Remove Stain From Wood

By Debbie Wolfe, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Blue colonial house covered in snow

The 20 Best Products for Surviving Winter

By Jasmine Harding, Teresa Odle, Bob Vila

Kitchen with white cabinets and stainless refrigerator with wet floor.

Repair & Maintenance

Why Is My Refrigerator Leaking Water?

By Amy Lynch, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Electric humidity meter held up near window with condensation measures moisture in air.

Heating & Cooling

This Is Your Home’s Ideal Indoor Humidity Level

By Glenda Taylor, BobVila.com Staff, Updated by Teresa Odle

Orange peel textured blue-and-white striped walls in an Alice in Wonderland-themed bathroom.

Painting & Finishing

How to Texture Walls 5 Different Ways

By Michael Franco, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Woman wearing a plaid flannel shirt removes a light bulb from a small lamp with a beige shade.

Lighting & Electrical

Why Are Lights Flickering in My Home?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Many numbered felt Christmas stockings in red, white, and green hanging from a string in a living room.

Holidays & Celebrations

40 DIY Advent Calendar Ideas to Help You Count Down to Christmas

By Manasa Reddigari, Caitlin Castelaz, Updated by Teresa Odle

Close front-facing view of a coyote.

How to Keep Coyotes Away From Your Property

By Melissa Graham, Updated by Teresa Odle

Green lawn (with a bit of clover) in a colorful landscaped formal garden.

How to Level a Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

A traditional-style home with brown siding and brick chimney on a snowy day.

Lawn Care & Gardening

3 Last-Minute Winterization Projects You’ll Regret Skipping

A father and son are staking a young tree together.

How to Stake a Tree the Right Way

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

A family walking into their home with reusable bags, a rain barrel outside of the door, clothes hanging on a clothesline air drying in the backyard.

Skills & Techniques

Finding Middle Ground: How to Practice Sustainability at Home With Less Stress

Geraniums indoors in a window.

13 Plants You Can Winter Indoors

By Mark Wolfe, Updated by Teresa Odle

A family sitting around the fire and enjoying activities.

How to Build a Fire Pit in Your Backyard

By Michael Franco, Updated by Teresa Odle

Small dial thermometer set on a refrigerator shelf.

Repair & Maintenance

What to Do When Your Refrigerator Is Not Cooling

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Teresa Odle

Staining a wooden shelf on an outdoor work station.

Furniture & Design

How to Stain Wood Furniture

By Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

Hardscaping stairs in a backyard with a stone wall and foliage.

How Much Hardscaping Is Too Much? Experts Weigh In

A man and woman measure a kitchen for remodels.

11 Ways to Reduce Construction Costs for Your Kitchen Renovation

By Tom Scalisi, Updated by Teresa Odle

A living room with grey carpet and white couch is on the left side, and a living room with light-colored hardwood flooring and a white couch is on the right.

Carpet vs. Hardwood Flooring: Which Is the Better Option for Your Home?

By Timothy Dale, Updated by Teresa Odle

A suburban blue home with a tree planted in front of the front windows to provide shade.

7 Landscaping Strategies That Can Lower Your Home’s Energy Costs Year-Round

A maroon carpeted staircase with white banisters leads down to the first floor of a home.

What Is the Best Carpet for Stairs?

By Andreana Lefton, Updated by Teresa Odle

Bags of both potting soil and garden soil, side by side surrounded by a few terra cotta garden pots.

Garden Soil vs. Potting Soil: What’s the Difference?

By Mark Wolfe, Teresa Odle

A long keyhole garden bed with two concave sections is mostly full of leafy green vegetables.

Keyhole Gardening: What You Need to Know to Get Started

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Teresa Odle

Pink, spiky fruits of Ricinus Communis, or Castor bean plant.

19 Plants You Should Never Grow in Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

A large ornamental grass with large feathery plumes surrounded by other bright flowers.

The 22 Best Ornamental Grasses for Adding Drama to Your Property

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

Father and son working on a home improvement project in the backyard.

Easy DIY Projects

26 Insanely Easy Home Improvements You Can Do in 1 Hour

By Cynthia Ramnarace, Updated by Teresa Odle

Hand using scrape to spread grout on beige tiles.

Building & Installing

Sanded vs. Unsanded Grout: Which Should I Use?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Updated by Teresa Odle

When to Aerate the Lawn? Solved!

Solved! Here’s Exactly When You Should Aerate the Lawn

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila, Manasa Reddigari

Red spoon full of diatomaceous earth.

Cleaning & Organizing

13 Handy Household Uses for Diatomaceous Earth

By Savannah Sher, Teresa Odle

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