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Level soil, spread gravel, and rake wet leaves after adding one of the best bow rakes to your gardening tool kit.

Learn the best time to add these low-maintenance plants to your landscape.

Give that tired old concrete a face-lift with the best concrete resurfacer.

Yurt construction may be millennia old, but now there are building kits that make it easier to build a new yurt.

Whether your driveway is in need of a complete renovation, or some dazzling DIY enhancements, these ideas will have your home stealing the show.

Whether you’re powering children’s toys or smoke detectors and you need 2 batteries or 2 dozen, we’ve found top-quality 9V batteries to suit your needs.

Their majestic boughs offer shade on a hot day and their leaves turn brilliant colors in the autumn months, and they become so much a part of our home that we wish our favorite trees could live forever. When a beloved tree dies, or must be cut down, it doesn’t necessarily signal the end of the tree’s usefulness. Turning tree stumps into landscape ornaments is a wildly popular concept. Follow along as we take you on a delightful tour through woodland abodes where fairies dwell and lofty birdhouses that are sure to please even the most finicky of birds. You’ll find stumps designed for rest and recreation, and along the way, perhaps you’ll be inspired to tackle your own tree stump transformation project.

Do you have a poorly located tree? There's no need to chop it down! With the right tools and techniques, you can transplant a tree to another area in your yard.

If you want to customize your table saw, the best table saw accessories can improve its safety, accuracy, and capability.

Garage door opener installation can seem like a complex task, but with these tips and guides, you might be able to handle the job on your own.

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.