How to Replenish Your Soil and Improve the Health of Your Landscape for Years to Come
Whether it's time constraints or poor health, knowing and replenishing your soil can be a hassel. Even more so if...
Backyard Landscaping Ideas: Planning a Heather Garden
Heather gardens can give your landscape brilliant colour and bring any dull yard to life. A heather bed should always...
How to Install a Pre-Formed Pond Liner
Are you thinking about adding a pond to your landscape? Ready-made ponds come in all shapes and sizes, and even...
Unusual Landscaping Ideas to Help Your Garden Grow
What do mouse pads, coat hangers and potatoes have in common? They can all be used to improve the look...
22 Secrets to a Care-Free Landscape
Read these 22 gardening tips to make all your landscaping projects fun and easy!
Bright Landscaping Ideas: How to Add More Light to Shady Gardens
Small gardens, especially in towns, are often hemmed in by buildings and tall boundaries that can prevent light reaching the...
Got Lemons? Make Lemonade
A simple mistake can spur unexpected surprises. That's what you'll find when you step around back at Jim and Sharyn...
How to Space and Plant Freestanding Shrubs
Shrubs are supplied by nurseries in three forms: container grown, with balled roots, or with bare roots. Read on to...
Landscaping Ideas for a Greener Garden Next Spring
Fall doesn't have to be the end of the gardening season. Instead, consider it to be the start of next...
Oct-Nov Backyard Garden Checklist
Winter is on its way-the days are shorter, the air is cooler, and plant growth has slowed or halted. Spend...
Vermicomposting: A Different Way to Compost
Did you know you that worms are an effective way to compost yard and kitchen waste? Known as "vermicomposting", you...
Picking the Right Shape for Your Plant Pot
Plant and flower pots are wonderful landscaping ideas for your entrance way or backyard. A front door might call for...
Lawn Care Tips: What to Know About Fertilizer
An adequately fed lawn is denser, more weed free, and more attractive. A well-fertilized lawn withstands wear better and is...
8 Easy DIY Door and Lock Fixes
Stuck lock, squeaky hinge or loose doorknob? We've got eight DIY solutions to common door and lock problems.
Adding Geraniums to a Landscape
Although the name geranium is usually used to describe the bright-flowered summer bedding annuals, perennial geraniums are the true geraniums...
5 More Things to Do with Paper Towels
Ever the handy kitchen accessory, paper towels can also help in many surprising ways around the home.
Top Tips for Garden Landscape Planning
Before getting started on a new garden landscape, it's best to plan your project on paper first. You...
How to Enhance Your Landscape with an Herb Garden
If you want a section of your landscape to be devoted just to herbs, you have a choice...
The Complete Guide to Building a Wooden Bridge on Your Landscape
Adding a wooden bridge to your landscape is both attractive and practical. A bridge can span a stream, help you...
How to Build a Raised-Bed with a Retaining Wall
A stone wall does more than make a clean border along your lawn. It's a handsome visual statement in itself;...
5 DIY Remedies for Furniture Water Rings
Remove the toughest water rings from your wood furniture using simple household ingredients and a little elbow grease.
Sloping Yard Landscaping Ideas
Many front gardens have a gradient, which makes mowing a lawn impractical. Here we'll llook at some easy landscaping ideas...
Adding Lacebark Pine to a Landscape
Lace bark pine is a multi trunked evergreen tree native to China that is grown primarily for its...
5 More Things To Do with Coffee Filters
Save a few after your morning brew, and try putting your coffee filters to work with these fun and creative...
How to Build a Timber Retaining Wall
If you want to hold back a bank or keep a slope from slipping, a retaining wall is what you...
How to Build a Dry Stone Wall on Your Landscape
Natural stone is the perfect choice for a wall that harmonizes with the beauty of any landscape, from an informal...
Building Raised Beds to Maximize Your Landscape
A raised bed can do wonders for maximizing your landscape araea. Virtually all plants other than large trees are...
6 DIY Window Fixes
Seal a leak, stop a crack and patch up a torn screen with these cheap, easy do-it-yourself window fixing solutions.
A Beginner’s Guide to Landscaping on a Budget
Landscaping doesn't have to cost thousands of dollars. Here are 8 ways to rein in a landscaping budget.