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Beautiful, colorful pink and purple flowered shrubs near a driveway.
Lawn & Garden

25 Shade-Loving Plants for Where the Sun Don’t Shine

These gorgeous plants don't need a ton of sun to flourish.

The Best Hole Saw Kits
Reviews

Our Favorite Hole Saw Kit Is Nearly Perfect for Everyone

The best hole saws work with a standard corded or cordless drill to cut a perfectly round hole through wood, metal, plastic, and even ceramic tile. After testing various products, these are our top six picks.

Monument Grills Eminence line is an upgrade for a modern backyard BBQ

Modernize Your Backyard in Time for Summer With Just 1 Upgrade

Monument Grills’ new Eminence models not only help improve the food at your cookout, but they also make the whole experience more convenient for modern-day grill masters.

The Best Cobalt Drill Bits Options close-up
Reviews

We Repeatedly Drilled into Three Types of Metal to Find the Best Cobalt Drill Bits

When you need to bore through metal, cobalt is the only material that will do. Here’s the drill on the best cobalt bits you can buy.

Walmart store front with deals sticker
Reviews

This Battery-Powered Lawn Mower is Our Absolute Favorite Walmart Patio and Garden Event Deal

A lush lawn starts with the right tools, and the Greenworks 60V Push Mower is just the ticket–now $82 off!

The Best Garden Fertilizer Options
Reviews

The Best Garden Fertilizers According to Our Research

Choose the right fertilizer to keep your garden soil in optimum shape and your plants healthy. After researching over 30 options, here are our top 8.

Cracked tan and grey floor tiles.
DIY

How to Fix a Cracked Floor Tile Without Replacing It

Hairline cracks can make an otherwise stunning tile floor look dingy and worn. The good news is that there’s a way to fix the flaw without pulling your floor apart.

Multiple pressure washer surface cleaners lined up on a concrete slab
Reviews

Yes, Your Pressure Washer Needs a Surface Cleaner Attachment—These Are the Best According to Our Tests

Those streaks on your walkway or driveway just won’t do. Say goodbye to the dirt and grime with one of our favorite pressure washer surface cleaners based on our hands-on testing.

Someone out of frame pours oil into a red lawnmower.
DIY

What Type of Lawn Mower Oil Should I Use?

Changing a lawn mower's oil isn't a task you have to do often, but when you do have to do it make sure you have the right oil at the ready.

Woman uses spray bottle of vinegar solution to spray weeds in a crack in driveway.
Lawn & Garden

Does Vinegar Really Kill Weeds?

Skip potentially dangerous chemicals and use this household cleaner and pantry staple to keep your garden weed-free.

Closeup shot of a woman holding a stack of towels at home
Interior

Can You Wash Bath and Kitchen Towels Together?

Read this before your next laundry day!

A group of the best cantilever umbrellas set up in a large grassy yard
Reviews

We Spent 900 Hours Testing Cantilever Umbrellas and Our Favorite Features Multiple Tilting Angles

Enjoy the outdoors while protecting yourself from the heat and sun with an elegant and durable cantilever umbrella. After testing various options, here are our favorites.

A group of the best pressure washers in a driveway before testing.
Reviews

After 15 Hours of Testing, We Found the Best Pressure Washers

Want to rid your outdoor items of built-up dirt and grime? We tested over 14 pressure washers to find the absolute best.

One of the options of The Best Umbrella Stands in a nice outdoor seating area
Reviews

Have It Made in the Shade with the Help of Our Favorite Umbrella Stand

The right umbrella stand will secure your patio umbrella through sunshine, rain, and even windy storm conditions.

Older woman sneezing into a tissue outside by flowers
Lawn & Garden

Experts Say the 2025 Spring Allergy Season Will Be the Longest in Years

Climate change is causing extended growing seasons, which means earlier, longer, and worse allergy seasons.

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

9 Fixes For When Your Lawn Mower Won’t Start

Can't get your lawn mower up and running? This guide will help you troubleshoot and fix lawn mower problems.

Person wearing gloves holds mushroom by stem in front of camera; mushrooms in lawn and bucket of pulled mushrooms in background.
Lawn & Garden

How to Get Rid of Mushrooms in the Lawn

Should you remove mushrooms in your yard or leave them be? Why do they grow there in the first place? Your questions, answered.

Ty Pennington reacts to not being asked back to 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'.
DIY

Ty Pennington Breaks His Silence on His Absence From ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Reboot

Plus: Walmart sounds the alarm, iRobot makes some paradoxical announcements, 'No Mow March' rises in popularity, and more.

A group of the best lawn mowers together in a yard
Reviews

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

Make your yard the envy of your neighbors with one of these top lawn mowers.

Close up view of grass seeds coming out of a handheld seed spreader.
Lawn & Garden

How to Overseed a Lawn

Is your grass looking less lush than you'd like? Lawn overseeding, which chokes out weeds and fills in bare patches on your property, may be the solution you're looking for.