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How to Grow Peanuts

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The Best Heat Guns of 2024

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The Best Drain Snakes, Vetted

By Michelle Ullman, Timothy Dale

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Lawn & Garden

7 Types of Plant Covers All Home Gardeners Should Know

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Lawn & Garden

Top-Dressing the Lawn: Why It’s Important and How to Do It

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DIY

How to Paint a Room in 9 Steps

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The Best Cement Mixers for Your Concrete Projects

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How Well Do Robotic Lawn Mowers Work? This Worx Landroid Review Answers That Question

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Building a Shed Looks Easy—Here’s What We Learned When Building a ShelterLogic Shed

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See What Happened When I Used the Kushlan Cement Mixer to Pour a Shed Foundation

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The Versatile Gorilla Ladder May Be The Only Ladder You Ever Need

By Glenda Taylor

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Design

12 Mistakes You Should Never Make With the American Flag

By Jamie Birdwell-Branson

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DIY

How to Remove Paint From Everything

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Lawn & Garden

How to Plant Bulbs in Fall

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DIY

Solved! How Long Does It Take for Spray Paint to Dry?

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Solved! Can You Paint Over Wood Stain?

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DIY

How To: Paint a Deck (From Preparation to Restoration)

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Interior

Solved! When to Worry About Refrigerator Noises

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DIY

Solved! What to Do When Your Refrigerator Is Not Cooling

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Lawn & Garden

How to Grow Jalapeños

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How to Kill Grass—and Why You Might Want To

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DIY

How to Drill Into Concrete

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How to Remove Paint from Concrete

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The Best Table Saw Fences

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DIY

How to Install a Shade Sail

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The Best DeWalt Table Saws You Can Get

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Is DeWalt a Good Brand?

By Glenda Taylor

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Solved! 5 Reasons for a Mini-Split Leaking Water (and How to Address Them)

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How to Clean a Sand, DE, or Cartridge Pool Filter

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The Best Shower Doors

By Savannah Sher

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Solved! These Are the 7 Types of Professionals to Call for Home Repairs

By Katie Flannery

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DIY

11 Ways Essential Oils Can Help Around the Home

By Caylin Harris

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13 Surprising Uses for Bleach Around the Home

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Kelly Weimert

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DIY

14 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Windex

By Donna Boyle Schwartz

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Monstera Plant Care 101

By Glenda Taylor

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DIY

How to Clean TV Screens the Right Way

By Deirdre Mundorf

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Lawn & Garden

Calathea Care 101

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DIY

How to Paint a House

By Tom Scalisi

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Lawn & Garden

How to Dry Herbs

By Jennifer Noonan

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Lawn & Garden

9 Ways to Save Gas When Mowing, Trimming, or Using a Generator

By Savannah Sher

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How Much Does Small-Business Insurance Cost?

By Tara Seboldt

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DIY

20 Surprising Ways You Can Use Ashes From Your Fire Pit or Fireplace

By Jennifer Noonan

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DIY

13 Home Improvements You Might Make That Your Neighbors Will Probably Hate

By Alexa Erickson, Gretchen Heber

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Interior

How to Lower Humidity in the House

By Deirdre Mundorf

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Reviews

The Wagner Paint Sprayer Provides the Best Bang for the Buck in Our Latest Test

By Glenda Taylor

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DIY

Don’t Try This at Home: The 13 Most Dangerous DIYs

By Cody Calamaio, Tom Scalisi

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Lawn & Garden

Spider Plant Care 101

By Audrey Stallsmith

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Lawn & Garden

What Is “Bright, Indirect Light,” Anyway?

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Interior

How Much Does a Walk-In Tub Cost?

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The Best Jump Starters With Air Compressors, Tested

By Tom Scalisi

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DIY

How to Clean Blackstone Griddles

By Deirdre Mundorf

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DIY

How to Finish Concrete

By Mark Wolfe

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DIY

How to Get Rid of Paint Smell

By Caylin Harris, Kelly Weimert

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The Best Pocket Chainsaws, Tested

By Tony Carrick

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The Best Socket Sets, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tony Carrick

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Lawn & Garden

How to Grow Artichokes

By Audrey Stallsmith

The DeWalt 10-inch wet tile saw set up to cut tiles in a driveway
Reviews

Master the Art of Tile Cutting With the DeWalt Tile Saw: A Hands-On Review

By Glenda Taylor

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Hands-On Review: Unveiling the DeWalt PowerStack Advantage in High-Performance Batteries

By Glenda Taylor

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The Best Cheap Snow Blowers, Vetted

By Zach Lazzari

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Interior

Black Mold vs. Wood Rot: 6 Key Differences and Dangers—And What to Do About Them

By Melissa Graham

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The Best Floor Jack for Trucks

By Tom Scalisi

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Lawn & Garden

13 Natural and Effective Ways to Kill Weeds

By Teresa Odle, Jennifer Noonan

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9 Products You Will Love If You Hate Cleaning

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These Are the Only 9 Cleaning Supplies You Really Need This Spring

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