Home, Garden & Outdoor Living — real tips from the forest floor · Page 22
March and April bring panic mulching—and wasted money. Willy Squatch breaks down the right mulch for your beds, exactly how much you need, and the one mistake that slowly kills your trees.
Spring cleaning season is here, and your kitchen scraps don't have to end up in a landfill. I'll show you how to build a simple compost bin and turn months of waste into the richest soil amendment your vegetable garden has ever seen.
Your lawn's been sleeping all winter, and come April it'll start creeping into every flower bed you own. Stop it before it starts—install proper landscape edging this March and save yourself a summer of frustrated weeding.
March and April are when your lawn wakes up—and so do the fungi. Catch these three common spring lawn diseases early with simple identification tricks and cheap preventative treatments before they turn into a thousand-dollar lawn replacement.
Most homeowners prune too hard or at the wrong time, and their trees pay the price. Here's exactly what to cut this spring—and what to leave alone.
Winter's been hard on your grill. Willy Squatch walks you through the inspection, cleaning, and safety checks that'll have your outdoor cooking station humming before your first spring cookout.
Winter's over, and your pond is probably looking like a swamp right now. I'll walk you through spring pond cleaning, pump startup, and the mistakes that'll have your fish belly-up by April.
Most folks lose money and patience planting vegetables too early in spring. Here's the straightforward timeline for your hardiness zone—with a printable calendar you can use right now.
Winter leaves your patio looking like something grew on it—because something did. Here's exactly how to blast away the grime without turning your pavers into a pile of rubble.
