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The Best Self Propelled Lawn Mowers on a lawn.

After Testing More Than 30 Lawn Mowers, We Found the 9 Best Self-Propelled Models After Testing More Than 30 Lawn Mowers, We Found the 9 Best Self-Propelled Models

By Mark Wolfe, Additional research provided by Timothy Dale

Bob Vila writer holding Stihl FSA 80 R Battery-Powered String Trimmer during battery trimmer testing.

We Spent Over 20 Hours Testing the Best Battery Trimmers to Find the Best Options We Spent Over 20 Hours Testing the Best Battery Trimmers to Find the Best Options

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

A woman using shears to cut back a climbing plant growing up over a fence.

7 Escape Artist Plants You Should Always Keep Contained 7 Escape Artist Plants You Should Always Keep Contained

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Garden Hose Options

This Must-Have Garden Hose Promises Not to Kink, Puncture, or Leak This Must-Have Garden Hose Promises Not to Kink, Puncture, or Leak

By Glenda Taylor

Someone out of frame pours oil into a red lawnmower.

What Type of Lawn Mower Oil Should I Use? What Type of Lawn Mower Oil Should I Use?

By Amy Lynch, Teresa Odle

Woman wearing sweatshirt tries to start lawn mower in her yard.

9 Fixes For When Your Lawn Mower Won’t Start 9 Fixes For When Your Lawn Mower Won’t Start

By Tony Carrick, Manasa Reddigari

A group of the best lawn mowers together in a yard

After Testing More Than Two Dozen Popular Lawn Mowers, We Found the 9 Best Models After Testing More Than Two Dozen Popular Lawn Mowers, We Found the 9 Best Models

By Mark Wolfe, Tony Carrick

A charming mailbox surrounded by nice landscaping plants.

7 Mailbox Landscaping Ideas You’ll Want to Copy 7 Mailbox Landscaping Ideas You’ll Want to Copy

By Savannah Sher

The 8 Best Mulch Options for Your Landscaping Beds The 8 Best Mulch Options for Your Landscaping Beds

By Steph Coelho

Woman wearing jeans pulls start cord on a red lawn mower.

How to Start a Lawn Mower How to Start a Lawn Mower

By Bob Vila, Updated by Tony Carrick

Mother and daughter having gardening time outside on the front yard of their suburban house in the Spring.

Permeable Hardscaping and 7 Other Outdoor Living Trends to Know Before Summer Permeable Hardscaping and 7 Other Outdoor Living Trends to Know Before Summer

By Sandi Schwartz

Red lawn edger runs along a driveway cutting grass beyond the driveway.

How to Edge a Lawn How to Edge a Lawn

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

Person in blue sweatshirt and jeans driving one of the best riding mowers for hills and uneven yards

The Best Riding Lawn Mowers for Hills, Tested and Reviewed The Best Riding Lawn Mowers for Hills, Tested and Reviewed

By Mark Wolfe, Mike Bruton, Tom Scalisi

Eight hose reels on a driveway in front of a garage door

The Best Hose Reels for a Tidier Yard The Best Hose Reels for a Tidier Yard

By Glenda Taylor, Heather Blackmore, Tiffany Lewis

8 different pairs of pruning shears lined up on a concrete slab

The Best Pruning Shears, According to Testing The Best Pruning Shears, According to Testing

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

8 of the Best Wheelbarrow Options lined up on a huge grass lawn in the summer

After Stress-Testing Wheelbarrows in Our Obstacle Course, We Found the Best After Stress-Testing Wheelbarrows in Our Obstacle Course, We Found the Best

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor, Savannah Sher

The Best Weeding Tools Options

This Handy Tool is a Must-Have for Any Gardener This Handy Tool is a Must-Have for Any Gardener

By Mark Wolfe, Heather Blackmore, Timothy Dale

Photo of a young woman planting a small tree in her backyard

Is Your Yard Disaster-Proof? 5 Projects That Could Protect Your Home Is Your Yard Disaster-Proof? 5 Projects That Could Protect Your Home

By Sandi Schwartz

Sharpening an orange hedge trimmer on work bench with work gloves on.

How to Sharpen Hedge Trimmers How to Sharpen Hedge Trimmers

By Bob Vila, Tony Carrick

A stunning backyard landscape with flowering and non-flowering plants.

11 Plants That Look Stunning in a Home Landscape With or Without Blooms 11 Plants That Look Stunning in a Home Landscape With or Without Blooms

A house and yard with a blooming dogwood tree in the foreground.

10 Types of Dogwood Trees to Beautify Your Yard Year-Round 10 Types of Dogwood Trees to Beautify Your Yard Year-Round

By Audrey Stallsmith

Lumberjack makes notch cuts in trunk to fell a tree.

How to Fell a Tree How to Fell a Tree

By Glenda Taylor, Michelle Ullman, Updated by Timothy Dale

Tree stump in a garden in with new green shoots sprouting from its cut stump.

How to Kill Tree Roots Naturally How to Kill Tree Roots Naturally

A man pushing an electric lawn mower (left) and a gas lawn mower (right).

Gas vs. Electric Lawn Mowers: Which Are Better? Gas vs. Electric Lawn Mowers: Which Are Better?

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Tony Carrick

Happy man installing artificial lawn at home

How to Lay Artificial Grass How to Lay Artificial Grass

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

A group of the best battery chainsaws pictured together on a stack of logs

We Tested the Best Battery Chainsaws, and Our Favorite is a Powerhouse We Tested the Best Battery Chainsaws, and Our Favorite is a Powerhouse

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe, Mark Clement

The Best Cordless Leafblowers

We Tested the Best Cordless Leaf Blowers of 2025, and Our Favorite Provides Massive Power for Cleaning Yards We Tested the Best Cordless Leaf Blowers of 2025, and Our Favorite Provides Massive Power for Cleaning Yards

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

How to Level a Yard How to Level a Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila, Teresa Odle

Mother on ladder hands some newly trimmed ivy to her young sons, who are helping clean up.

How to Kill Ivy How to Kill Ivy

A father and son are staking a young tree together.

How to Stake a Tree the Right Way How to Stake a Tree the Right Way

By Jennifer Noonan, Updated by Teresa Odle

Poison Ivy vine climbing trunk of tree.

3 Ways to Get Rid of Poison Ivy 3 Ways to Get Rid of Poison Ivy

Sunseeker Robotic Lawn Mower Review

This Robotic Lawn Mower Is a Smarter Mower Without a Boundary Wire This Robotic Lawn Mower Is a Smarter Mower Without a Boundary Wire

A hydrangea flower dried up with snow piled atop it in the winter months.

How to Protect Hydrangeas in Winter so They Bounce Back Better Than Ever Come Spring How to Protect Hydrangeas in Winter so They Bounce Back Better Than Ever Come Spring

By Lauren Landers

A certified pollinator sign in front of a garden of tall wild flowers.

These Homeowners Killed Their Grass Lawns for Native Plants—and They Say You Should, Too These Homeowners Killed Their Grass Lawns for Native Plants—and They Say You Should, Too

Person raking colorful fallen leaves in yard.

Should You Leave the Leaves on Your Lawn This Fall? Should You Leave the Leaves on Your Lawn This Fall?

By Sandi Schwartz

Close up view of moss and leaves on the ground.

How to Get Rid of Moss in Your Lawn How to Get Rid of Moss in Your Lawn

By Kat Hodgins, Bob Vila, Michelle Ullman

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

How Much Hardscaping Is Too Much? Experts Weigh In How Much Hardscaping Is Too Much? Experts Weigh In

White house with green shutters in the background of an overgrown garden.

This Low-Maintenance Garden Trend Can Also Improve Your Home Value This Low-Maintenance Garden Trend Can Also Improve Your Home Value

By Sandi Schwartz

Pink-and-white saucer magnolia tree (Magnolia x soulangeana) flowers are in full bloom on a spring day.

15 Types of Magnolia Trees Every DIY Landscaper Should Know 15 Types of Magnolia Trees Every DIY Landscaper Should Know

By Audrey Stallsmith

Close-up of teal hydrangea flowers.

How to Showcase the 2025 Garden Color of the Year in Your Yard How to Showcase the 2025 Garden Color of the Year in Your Yard

By Sandi Schwartz

The florets and spikes of a buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides) blade are visible as the grass self-spreads in the wild.

Buffalo Grass: The Ultimate Low-Maintenance Lawn? Buffalo Grass: The Ultimate Low-Maintenance Lawn?

A bumblebee on a flower within a diverse flower bed.

New Study Explains Critical Factors for Pollinator Gardens New Study Explains Critical Factors for Pollinator Gardens

By Sandi Schwartz

A woman is pruning a fruit tree in front of her home.

Prune These 10 Plants Before Summer Ends (Your Future Self Will Thank You) Prune These 10 Plants Before Summer Ends (Your Future Self Will Thank You)

Person inserts a soil test probe into a hole in a grassy yard.

How to Test Soil pH How to Test Soil pH

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

flower bed ideas

32 Inspiring Flower Bed Ideas for Yards of Any Size 32 Inspiring Flower Bed Ideas for Yards of Any Size

By Deirdre Mundorf

A bagworm pupa hangs from a thin tree branch.

How to Get Rid of Bagworms How to Get Rid of Bagworms

Woman aerating the garden lawn with a digging fork.

How to Aerate Your Lawn How to Aerate Your Lawn

Best Chainsaw Review

The Stihl MSA 300 Electric Chainsaw Outperforms Gas Models The Stihl MSA 300 Electric Chainsaw Outperforms Gas Models

By Zach Lazzari

A group of the best backpack leaf blower options sitting together on green grass

The Best Backpack Leaf Blowers to Keep Your Yard Looking Pristine, Tested The Best Backpack Leaf Blowers to Keep Your Yard Looking Pristine, Tested

A cluster of fully bloomed calla lily flowers stand tightly together, their stamens visible.

11 Stunning Black Flowers to Grow for Garden Drama 11 Stunning Black Flowers to Grow for Garden Drama

By Lauren Landers

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 Keyhole Gardening: What You Need to Know to Get Started

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Teresa Odle

A home's front yard is flooded by severe weather.

How to Repair Your Lawn and Landscaping After a Storm, According to Experts How to Repair Your Lawn and Landscaping After a Storm, According to Experts

A group of 5 of the best robot mowers on a lawn before testing.

The 6 Best Robot Lawn Mowers for Automated Maintenance, Tested The 6 Best Robot Lawn Mowers for Automated Maintenance, Tested

The Best Leaf Blowers Options

The Best Leaf Blowers to Maintain Your Yard, Tested The Best Leaf Blowers to Maintain Your Yard, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

A group of the Best Battery-Powered Lawn Mower Options together on a green lawn.

The Best Battery-Powered Lawn Mowers to Keep Your Yard Looking Beautiful, Tested The Best Battery-Powered Lawn Mowers to Keep Your Yard Looking Beautiful, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Additional research by Tony Carrick

Seven of the best hose timers resting on wood floor

The Best Hose Timers, Tested and Reviewed The Best Hose Timers, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Glenda Taylor

The Best Loppers Option

The Best Loppers for Extra Pruning Power on Thicker Branches The Best Loppers for Extra Pruning Power on Thicker Branches

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

A group of the best pole saws together before testing.

The Best Pole Saws For Trimming and Pruning Tall Trees, Tested The Best Pole Saws For Trimming and Pruning Tall Trees, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor, Additional research provided by Timothy Dale

The Best Hedge Shears Option

The Best Hedge Shears, Tested and Reviewed The Best Hedge Shears, Tested and Reviewed

By Savannah Sher, Mark Wolfe, Mark Wolfe

A group of the best gas string trimmer options together outside on the ground

The Best Gas String Trimmers for a Pristine Yard, Tested The Best Gas String Trimmers for a Pristine Yard, Tested

By Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

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

The 22 Best Ornamental Grasses for Adding Drama to Your Property The 22 Best Ornamental Grasses for Adding Drama to Your Property

By Glenda Taylor, Teresa Odle

Trails of leaf miner insect damage on tree leaves.

How to Get Rid of Leaf Miners Organically How to Get Rid of Leaf Miners Organically

By Audrey Stallsmith

Orange weed eater string on trimmer cutting weeds

The Best Weed Eater Strings for Trimming, Edging, and Cutting, Tested The Best Weed Eater Strings for Trimming, Edging, and Cutting, Tested