Okay, you’ve gotten to the point where you’re ready to ditch the mess, smoke, noise, and maintenance expense of a gasoline lawnmower. This can be very ...
Gasoline powered lawnmowers need oil to help lubricate key moving parts of the internal combustion engine. This includes the pistons and the cylinder walls. ...
While everyone loves a gazebo, it’s certainly not in everyone’s budget. In fact, even a small gazebo, with screened-in doors and a reasonably sturdy roof can ...
There are times when your schedule and mother nature’s weather just don’t align properly. Not to mention the simple frustrations of a poorly timed sprinkler ...
Most people want a thick, luscious looking lawn with verdant green blades of grass stretching across every single inch of their turf. Not only is it visually ...
Rabbits have a long-standing reputation for being able to reproduce in massive numbers over a very short period of time. This means that even a relatively ...
Some lawns might look perfectly smooth at first glance, but when you walk or drive your lawnmower over them you feel the bumps. This can be due to several ...
Tree swings used to be a thing of past or something quaint you spotted while shopping for a new home. Most people passed them off and left backyard tree swings ...
On a functional level, a retaining wall is designed to do little more than supporting the soil behind it. They’re most common in landscaping concepts where ...
There’s nothing worse than putting in a lot of time and elbow grease to design and plant the perfect garden or flower bed, only to see it descend into a sloppy ...
Twenty years ago, if you wanted a backyard fire pit, you needed a large yard, and you needed to double-check a lot of local fire codes. Depending on where you ...
There are times when a mature tree just has to come down. Maybe it’s dying, already dead, or it’s overgrown to the point of being a safety hazard. Once it’s ...
In Robert Frost’s famous poem Mending Wall he said “Good fences make good neighbors.” While there is some debate about his true meaning behind this statement, ...
An uneven lawn can be more than just an inconvenient tripping hazard. Lumps, bumps, divots, and the exposed roots of mature trees can damage your lawnmower ...
Dandelions in North America are technically an invasive species that was once allowed to spread of its own accord. This was thanks in large part to European ...
Landscaping concepts have evolved a lot in recent years beyond simple sod grass. While sophisticated modern materials have made it possible to do some truly ...
The classic backyard treehouse was once a rite of passage for most rural and suburban children. Then sometime in the 1990s, they seemed to fall out of favor, ...
Squirrels prancing and scurrying about in your yard might be cute from time to time. Yet, left unchecked even a seemingly small squirrel population can become ...
There’s no doubt about it, even the most inexpensive lawnmower is still a major investment. When you put your hard-earned money down on a machine to help ...
Gardening has always been a popular hobby, and these days the concept of self-reliance or simply increasing your food independence is increasingly popular. ...