Garden & Yard

Grass worth mowing, food worth growing and a yard you actually want to sit in.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

How to Pick Between a Push Mower, a Rider and a Zero Turn

Lot size, slope and your gate width decide this, not horsepower. Run the numbers before you spend $4,000 on the wrong machine.

Your Zucchini Rots Because Nothing Visited the Flower

Half your vegetable garden depends on insects you never planted for. Fix that with a four-foot strip, a few dollars of seed, and better timing.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

A snapped shovel handle in frozen clay costs more than the shovel did. Which tools earn a lifetime purchase, and which ones you should buy cheap on purpose.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Pull, Mulch, Then Spray. In That Order.

A weed plan that actually works, with the timing, the depths, the costs, and the three mistakes that cost you a whole season.

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Keeping Deer, Rabbits and Squirrels Out Without Poison

Fence heights, mesh sizes, what a repellent actually does, and the month your garden gets hit hardest depending on your zone.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Plant a Tree That Outlives You

Most trees that die young were killed on planting day. Dig the hole shallow, find the flare, and skip the fertilizer.

GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

A Fire Pit Patio You Can Actually Build in Two Days

A 12-foot circle, about 3 tons of gravel, and one rented plate compactor. What it costs, what order to do it in, and where most guys lose Sunday.

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GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Grow These Five Herbs on Your Windowsill, Skip the Rest

A $3.99 clamshell of basil rots in four days. A $5 pot of it feeds you until October, if you get the light right.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Fast Crops That Keep a Kid in the Garden

A radish goes from seed to dinner plate in under a month, which is roughly the outer limit of a seven-year-old's patience.

GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What Actually Adds Value to a Front Yard

Three canopy trees, one honest walkway, and an edge you can mow. Skip the water feature and plant in the right month.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Put Drip Irrigation in Your Vegetable Garden This Weekend

Two days, a hose bib, and about $150 buys you a garden that waters itself all summer. The parts nobody tells you about are the ones that matter.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your Hardiness Zone Decides What Lives and What Dies

The number on the plant tag is the cheapest advice you'll ever get, and most people still plant like it isn't there.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Four Moves a Year Are All Your Lawn Actually Needs

Most lawns fail because the owner fed the grass in the month that felt right instead of the month the grass wanted.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Compost That Doesn't Stink or Feed the Rats

Both problems come from the same two mistakes, and both are fixable in an afternoon with a roll of hardware cloth and a pile of dead leaves.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Why Your Tomatoes Taste Like Water and How to Fix It

Variety, thirst and temperature do almost all the work. Get those three right and a homegrown tomato stops tasting like the grocery store.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a 4x8 Raised Bed for Under Two Hundred Dollars

The lumber is the cheap part. The soil is what wrecks the budget, and here's the math that keeps one bed under two hundred bucks.

100 Things Every American Should Know About the Constitution

Four sheets of parchment, about 4,400 words, and it still runs the country. Everything you should be able to say from memory at the dinner table.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The turkey is easy, the clock is what gets you

Buy a smaller bird, salt it two days early, cook to temperature instead of time, and give yourself an oven you can actually use.

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Twenty books worth reading this year and how to finish them

Twenty pages a night gets you through all of them, and you're allowed to quit any one of them at page fifty.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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Garden & Yard

How to Pick Between a Push Mower, a Rider and a Zero Turn

Put the Lawn to Bed Right Before the Ground Freezes

Start Seeds Indoors and Skip the Garden Center Six-Pack

Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

Gardening After Sixty Without Wrecking Your Back

Canning Season Without the Guesswork

Your Zucchini Rots Because Nothing Visited the Flower

Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

Pull, Mulch, Then Spray. In That Order.

Keeping Deer, Rabbits and Squirrels Out Without Poison

How to Plant a Tree That Outlives You

A Fire Pit Patio You Can Actually Build in Two Days

Grow These Five Herbs on Your Windowsill, Skip the Rest

Fast Crops That Keep a Kid in the Garden

What Actually Adds Value to a Front Yard

Put Drip Irrigation in Your Vegetable Garden This Weekend

Your Hardiness Zone Decides What Lives and What Dies

Four Moves a Year Are All Your Lawn Actually Needs

Compost That Doesn't Stink or Feed the Rats

Why Your Tomatoes Taste Like Water and How to Fix It

Build a 4x8 Raised Bed for Under Two Hundred Dollars

100 Things Every American Should Know About the Constitution

The turkey is easy, the clock is what gets you

Twenty books worth reading this year and how to finish them