Whether it’s due to contamination or natural disaster, our water supply is sometimes declared unsafe to drink. Knowing how to sanitize water in an emergency prevents illness and provides peace of mind until the water advisory is lifted.
Let vegetables, fruit, and herbs take center stage by planting them in your front yard.
Accentuate the landscape, add a decorative touch, or emphasize a home’s best exterior features with any of a variety of lawn ornaments.
Grow juicy and refreshing grapes for snacking, juicing, or wine-making. Trailing grapevines are a pretty and versatile addition to your home garden—all you need is a sunny space and a support for the vines.
Save room under your grow lights for plants that need a head start. These veggie, herb, and flower seeds do much better when they’re sown outdoors.
If your flower and vegetable beds appear as blighted as the Garden of Eden after the serpent slithered through, perhaps those plots are trying to send you an urgent SOS!
Salmonella infection has hit songbirds hard in 2021. Stop the spread, and protect your feathered friends by (temporarily) putting away your bird feeder.
Keep your shirts organized and wrinkle-free with this easy folding method.
Demolition isn’t easy work, but with prior planning it can go smoothly. Here’s how to prepare yourself for potential demo-day challenges during your DIY renovation
Keep pesky ruminants from treating your yard as their buffet table with this powerful yet all-natural deterrent.
It’s amazingly gratifying to roll up your sleeves and build a piece of wooden furniture. Not only does doing it yourself save you money, it forges an emotional attachment to the piece—you’ll want to hold on to it for years to come. To allow even wary woodworkers-to-be to enjoy this connection to their creations, we've scouted out 10 simple projects that can ease any beginner into the rewards of woodcraft.
Setting up an al fresco workspace on the deck or patio can boost productivity—and provide you with some vitamin D and fresh air in the process.
One squirt and expanding foam puffs up to seal cracks, stop drafts, and deter bugs and rodents. It can be a DIYer's best friend, but only when used prudently.
Disinfecting surfaces doesn't get any easier than using one of these convenient wipes, read this first before you get carried away and accidentally damage a surface.
Las Vegas hopes to become the first U.S. city to ban ornamental grass.
Would you like to help our pollinators “bee around” for many years to come? Plant a container oasis of nectar-rich flowers to help sustain them.
Add dimension, a pop of color, and plenty of style with a faux grass landscape. This content is paid advertising created in partnership with Artificial Turf Supply. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila.com.
While enchanting to look at, deer are the nemesis of the home gardener. If you are wondering how to keep deer out of your garden this summer, consider one—or more—of the recommendations detailed here.
Check out some of the best ways to lay subway tile—from the timeless to the trendy. You’re sure to find the perfect pattern for your upcoming kitchen or bathroom project.
