Gardening
How To Choose and Use Pruners
Discover tips for choosing and using pruners, including the best types for your garden needs and how to apply precision in your pruning tasks.
How to Plan for Spring Bulbs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and landscape designer Jenn Nawada share some tips for planting spring bulbs
Deer-Resistant Plants You Can Use To Protect Your Garden
In this guide, we examine over a dozen plants you can use in your garden to keep it safe from invasive animals like deer.
All About Raised-Bed Gardens for Growing Vegetables
You can easily create an ideal habitat for growing vegetables in your yard with little more than a few boards, a shovel, and some soil.
Top 20 Best New Home Products | Lawn and Garden
Whether you’ve got a tiny patch of green or all-out acreage, make the most of it with the next installment in our guide to the year’s best new products
How To Create a Vertical Garden for Small Spaces
Watch as Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada installs a vertical garden to maximize space for a homeowner.
How To Create a Secret Garden
Watch Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada clean up an overgrown yard and redesign it as a secret garden.
How To Create Bonsai from Regular Trees
Watch as Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook learns about the ancient art of creating a bonsai from a regular tree.
How to Plant Authentic Dutch Flower Bulbs
Watch as This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner originally from Holland plant authentic Dutch bulbs.
How To Choose the Right Synthetic or Organic Fertilizer
Choosing the right fertilizer can be overwhelming, and we can help you narrow dow your choices. Read our guide on how to choose the right synthetic or organic fertilizer.
What Is It? | White Styrofoam Dome
Ask This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook shows a white Styrofoam dome -- but what is it?
How to Plant Edible Foundation Plants
A homeowner selects foundation plantings that include edible varieties for both people and wildlife.
How to Remove Overgrown Foundation Shrubs
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner remove foundation shrubs that have overtaken the front of her house
Best Vegetable Garden Harvest Basket
A smart, new way to carry in the garden crops
How to Install a Self-Watering Garden
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows a homeowner in Orlando how to plant a low-maintenance vegetable garden using hydroponics.
How To Replace a Lawn With Shade Perennials
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook offers alternatives to grass in a shady spot, including perennials, ferns, and more.
How To Start and Maintain an Organic Garden at Your Home
This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada shares some excellent DIY tips on starting and maintaining an organic garden.
Power Up Your Compost
If you slacked on tending your compost pile this winter, it’s time to get it back into action. Give it a bit more attention now, and your garden will thank you later
Colorful Garden Remodel
A California couple romance their compact property by carving out colorful garden rooms with plenty of guest-ready seating
How to Turn a Feeding Trough Into a Planter
Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada travels to Tennessee to build a planter out of an animal feeding trough
Big Container Plants for Small Yards
On a lot that has more hardscape than planting space, container gardening is one way to indulge your green thumb. In fact, you can grow seriously sizable plants in pots—even trees. Here are three surprisingly XL options that still work for XS footprints
All About Garden Sheds
Whether you have small or large garden shed plans, we offer an all-encompassing guide on your installing, building, and purchasing options, as well as designing and custom accenting your cozy workspace.
How To Fight Aphids Naturally
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to tend to plants that are infested with aphids.
How To Treat Disease in Citrus Trees
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner treat a citrus tree that’s been affected by citrus greening.
How To Create a Vintage Wheelbarrow Planter
Reinvent the wheel—in a charming herb planter. Follow this guide to repurpose your old yard equipment into a uniquely green decoration.
How to Grow Tropical Plants Indoors
Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook teaches a homeowner to get a tropical feel from indoor house plants
Practical Magic Garden Upgrade
A couple of plant pros coax a patch of bare soil into a series of gardens brimming with blooms—a few even fit for a pixie
How To Plant a Rain Garden
Learn the purpose behind a rain garden, its basic design, how to build one, and which plants to choose.
How To Plant a Tropical Raised Garden
Ask This Old House expert Roger Cook plants an organic tropical garden in raised beds—and fruit trees that will grow well in Hawaii.
How to Build a Cedar Planter Box
A freestanding DIY cedar planter box will dress up any patio or deck. Learn how to build one from This Old House's Tom Silva.
A Magical Garden in Buffalo
A homeowner with a magpie’s eye and a restless imagination turns his garden into a space brimming with ideas
Plant-Friendly Soaps That Are Safe for Greywater Irrigation
Make sure your soaps and detergents are safe for greywater irrigation by using these irrigation tips for your lawn and garden.