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An emerald ash borer (EAB) coming out of an exit hole in a large ash tree.

I Lost 3 Large Shade Trees and Thousands of Dollars to This Invasive Pest

By Jenny Stanley

The Best Brush Killer Options

The Best Brush Killers for Clearing Overgrown Weeds Without Harsh Chemicals

By Glenda Taylor, Tony Carrick

15 Lawn Tools That Mowed, Mulched, and Edged Their Way to the Top of Our Tests

15 Lawn Tools That Mowed, Mulched, and Edged Their Way to the Top of Our Tests

By Michelle Larson

Fast Growing Trees Is Clearing Out Trees for Spring—Save 20% on Privacy Trees, Fruit Trees, and More

Fast Growing Trees Is Clearing Out Trees for Spring—Save 20% on Privacy Trees, Fruit Trees, and More

By Glenda Taylor

Amazon Is Clearing Out Ego Tools During Its Big Spring Sale—Up to 37% Off Mowers, Chainsaws, Trimmers, and More

Amazon Is Clearing Out Ego Tools During Its Big Spring Sale—Up to 37% Off Mowers, Chainsaws, Trimmers, and More

By Glenda Taylor

Amazon Drops Outdoor Power Tool Prices Up to 44% Off During Its Big Spring Sale—Save on Greenworks, Ego, Worx, and More

Amazon Drops Outdoor Power Tool Prices Up to 44% Off During Its Big Spring Sale—Save on Greenworks, Ego, Worx, and More

By Glenda Taylor

Garden Lighting Ideas Tonulax Solar Starburst Swaying Garden Lights

17 Garden Lighting Ideas to Brighten Up Your Yard This Spring

By Michelle Larson

Crusher fines paths around a home garden.

Forget Gravel—Here’s Why I Use Crusher Fines to Fill My Garden Paths

Closeup of gloved hands placing mulch on the ground.

7 Places Around Your Yard You Can Mulch (But Haven’t Yet)

By Sandi Schwartz

Gabion walls in a home landscape in the Southwest United States.

How DIY Gabion Walls Transformed My Home Landscape

Ace Hardware Drops This EGO Power+ Combo to Clearance-Level Pricing Ahead of Spring

Ace Hardware Drops This EGO Power+ Combo to Clearance-Level Pricing Ahead of Spring

By Glenda Taylor

A gardener wearing gloves trims wilted hydrangea flowers during winter.

3 Plants You Should Prune in February to Spur Spring Growth

By Sandi Schwartz

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

The Best Robot Lawn Mowers, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Paul Rankin, Glenda Taylor

A family planting a tree using a spade to dig a deep hole.

10 Must-Have Tools to Plant a Tree Before Winter Sets In

By Sandi Schwartz

End-of-Season Amazon Garden Deals

End-of-Season Garden Cleanup Deals Start Under $9 at Amazon

By Glenda Taylor

Gloved hands holding pine tree bark mulch

The Great Debate: Should You Replenish Mulch in the Fall?

By Sandi Schwartz

Backyard with modern landscaping and a raised bed with drought resistant plants.

5 Expert Tips for Landscaping a Rocky Yard

By Sandi Schwartz

A DIYer planting bulbs in the yard in fall.

Why I Often Plant My Fall Bulbs Outside of My Flower Beds

By Audrey Stallsmith

Woman relaxing on a hammock in her flower garden.

Now This Is a Landscaping Trend We Can Get On Board With

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Leaf Blowers Options

We Tested the Top Leaf Blowers for 10 Hours. These Are the Best Picks to Maintain Your Yard

By Glenda Taylor, Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

Ego Prime Day 2025 Deals on leaf blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and more

These EGO Power Tool Deals End In Hours, so Don’t Miss Serious Outdoor Power Starting at $75

By Glenda Taylor

Milwaukee tools on major sale at Ace Hardware include a brushless drill and driver set, a hatchet pruning saw, and a leaf blower

Milwaukee’s “Better Than Prime Day” Deals Just Dropped at Ace Hardware

By Glenda Taylor

A person using the best chainsaw sharpener to sharpen a chain blade during testing.

The Best Chainsaw Sharpeners, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

A DIYer laying small stones in the yard to make a cheap DIY garden path.

8 Cheap DIY Garden Path Ideas You’ll Want to Copy

By Gretchen Heber

Drought-tolerant plants potted on a patio in full sun.

Forgetting to Water Is No Big Deal for These Drought-Tolerant Container Plants

By Audrey Stallsmith

A woman wearing a red coat uses a leaf blower to move leaves.

8 Rules I Always Follow When Using My Leaf Blower

By Tony Carrick

Crepe myrtle tree in the front yard of a traditional brick house

The 20 Best Dwarf Trees for the Front Yard

By Savannah Sher, Lori Lovely

Best Mulching Blades

These Mulching Blades are the Secret to a Gorgeous Lawn in 2026

The Best Hedge Shears Options

The Best Hedge Shears, Tested and Reviewed

By Mark Wolfe, Savannah Sher

Landscaper cutting and installing landscape fabric

Are Weeds Growing Through Your Landscape Fabric? Don’t Do What I Did

By Sandi Schwartz

A group of the best pole saws together before testing.

The Best Pole Saws For Trimming and Pruning That We’ve Tested

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

Invasive hops vines growing on a fence.

The Beautiful Vine I Wish I Had Never Planted

By Audrey Stallsmith

Fertilizing potted plants with used coffee grounds.

Perk Up These 15 Plants By Feeding Them Your Used Coffee Grounds

By Gretchen Heber

Mom and daughter using shovels in flower bed.

For Nonstop Garden Color, Try These 11 Long-Blooming Perennial Flowers

By Audrey Stallsmith

Tree stump in autumn forest with healthy trees in the distance.

How to Kill a Tree Stump

By Bob Vila, Mark Wolfe

The Best Loppers Option

Experts and Testers Agree: These Are The Best Loppers for Extra Pruning Power on Thicker Branches

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

A group of the best mulch glues

The Best Mulch Glues to Keep Your Yard Pristine, Tested

By Glenda Taylor

Faceless woman pruning pink flowers from a shrub

Wait! Don’t Cut Back These Popular Landscaping Plants in the Fall

By Sandi Schwartz

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 9 Best Options

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor

Xeriscape landscaping ideas shown in a home landscape.

15 Xeriscape Ideas for a Beautiful, More Sustainable Yard

Colorful hydrangeas blooming in a suburban yard.

Here’s Why Your Hydrangeas Didn’t Bloom This Year—and What You Can Do About It

By Sandi Schwartz

A thriving shade garden filled with flowering plants that bloom in the shade.

Yes, There Are Flowers That Grow in Shade—These Are Our 10 Favorites

By Audrey Stallsmith

Seven of the best hose timers resting on wood floor

Use This Simple Tool To Grow A Healthier Garden And Lower Your Water Bill

By Timothy Dale, Glenda Taylor

Beautifully landscaped front yard with flowers, lush grass and bushes is in foreground.

We Asked Landscaping Pros the 3 Biggest Curb Appeal Mistakes to Avoid

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman laying on a wood garden bench surrounded by manicured landscape.

The Invincible Yard: 25 Ideas for Lazy Landscaping

A modern house with colorful plants in the front for curb appeal.

These Are the Best Plants for Boosting Curb Appeal, According to Real Estate Pros

A backyard herb garden in the summer.

11 Herb Garden Ideas to Try This Summer—No Matter How Much Space You Have

Colorful flowering ground covers planted along a backyard fence.

10 Flowering Ground Covers That Will Bring a Pop of Color to Your Landscape

By Audrey Stallsmith

Friendly neighbors talking through a fence, one is standing next to a lawnmower

The Unspoken Rules of Neighborly Yardwork Etiquette

By Sandi Schwartz

Best Garden Fork

Garden Forks Come In Many Forms, But This One Is Our All-Around Favorite

By Steph Coelho, Bob Beacham, Mark Wolfe

Power Rake vs. Dethatcher: What’s the Difference?

Power Rake vs. Dethatcher: What’s the Difference?

By Timothy Dale

A lawn mower with smoke billowing from it.

Why is My Lawn Mower Smoking?

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

Woman taking care of plants and herbs in her garden.

Ornamentals vs. Edibles—Why Not Both? How to Achieve Our Favorite Garden Design Trend in Your Yard

By Sandi Schwartz

Several of the Best Grass Shears laying side by side

We Tested 11 Pairs of Grass Shears—These 8 Are a Cut Above the Rest

By Mark Wolfe, Kat Hodgins, Katie Barton

Flowering lily of the valley shrub in bloom

5 Easier Options Than These Temperamental Plants

By Sandi Schwartz

Woman aerating the garden lawn with a digging fork.

How to Aerate Your Lawn

By Bob Vila, Updated by Teresa Odle

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

We Spent 2 Days Testing the Best Gas String Trimmers. Here Are Our Top Picks

By Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

A man squats to collect pine mulch and put it in a bucket.

Guide to Using Pine Straw Mulch

By Mark Wolfe, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A hose splitter with four hose attached to it outside in the garden

We Found the Best Garden Hose Splitter to Handle Your Irrigation Demands

By Tony Carrick, Mike Bruton

Person wearing work gloves pulls up dandelion with garden trowel.

How to Get Rid of Dandelions in Your Yard

By Jennifer Noonan, Teresa Odle

Purple Crap Myrtle tree on a sunny day.

13 Drought-Tolerant Trees to Consider Planting in Your Yard

By Audrey Stallsmith

Group of Lightweight Garden Hoses inside a turquoise garden cart

After 8 Hours of Hands-On Testing, Here Are the Best Lightweight Garden Hoses for Easy Handling

By Debbie Wolfe, Timothy Dale

The best lawn edger options grouped together in a wooded setting

7 Lawn Edgers That Deliver Crisp Landscape Lines Without Unnecessary Effort

By Mark Wolfe, Timothy Dale, Andreana Lefton

White brick house with red shutters and foundation plants in the front yard

7 Plants That Look Great Around the Foundation—and 3 Never to Grow There

By Sandi Schwartz