Gardening
Gardening Tips for Beginners: 20 Tips for Your Best Vegetable Garden Yet
New to gardening? These beginner gardening tips cover sun, soil, watering, planting and harvesting, plus easy backyard gardening ideas to get you started.
Home Maintenance
Fall Home Maintenance Checklist: 15 Tasks to Do Before Winter
A few hours of fall maintenance can prevent frozen pipes, ice dams, fires and costly repairs. Here's a room-by-room checklist for getting your home ready for winter.
DIY & Home Improvement
20 Easy DIY Home Projects: Simple, Cheap Home Improvement Ideas
Upgrade your home this weekend. Easy DIY projects and cheap home improvement and decorating ideas that make a big difference without a big budget.
Gardening
Fall Bulb Planting Guide: When and How to Plant Tulips, Daffodils and Crocus
Plant bulbs this fall for a burst of color next spring. Learn the right timing for your zone, planting depth, and how to keep squirrels from digging them up.
Houseplant Care
Fall and Winter Houseplant Care: 9 Adjustments to Make Now
Shorter days, dry indoor heat and cold drafts are hard on houseplants. Here's how to adjust light, watering, humidity and feeding to get them through winter.
Lawn & Landscaping
Easy Backyard Landscaping Ideas on a Budget (Plus Front Yard and Small Backyard Ideas)
Simple, affordable landscaping ideas for backyards, front yards and small spaces: from flower borders and paths to patios, privacy screens and backyard makeovers.
Lawn & Landscaping
Fall Lawn Care Checklist: Aerate, Overseed and Fertilize for a Better Spring
For most Northern lawns, fall is the most important season of the year. Here's what to do now, and how the plan differs for warm-season grasses in the South.
Gardening
15 Easy Vegetables to Grow, Even If You've Never Gardened Before
The easiest vegetables to grow for beginners, with planting times, tips and how much space each needs. Start your first vegetable garden with confidence.
DIY & Home Improvement
Garage Organization Ideas: 15 DIY Storage Ideas to Reclaim Your Space
Turn a cluttered garage into an organized, functional space with these DIY storage ideas: wall systems, overhead racks, zones, pegboards and more.
Gardening
Vegetables to Plant in Spring and Fall: A Season-by-Season Planting Guide
What vegetables to plant in spring, summer and fall, and when. Use your frost dates to time cool-season and warm-season crops for two harvests a year.
Home Maintenance
Home Maintenance Checklist: Monthly, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Tasks
A complete home maintenance checklist for every season, including a spring home maintenance list, to protect your biggest investment and prevent costly repairs.
Gardening
How to Grow Tomatoes: A Complete Beginner's Guide From Planting to Harvest
Everything you need to know to grow juicy homegrown tomatoes: choosing varieties, planting deep, staking, watering, feeding and fixing common problems.
Houseplant Care
12 Pet-Safe Houseplants for Homes With Cats and Dogs
Want plants and pets? These popular houseplants are listed as non-toxic to cats and dogs by the ASPCA, plus the common plants you should keep away from pets.
Lawn & Landscaping
Lawn Care Tips: A Simple Year-Round Schedule for a Thick, Green Lawn
Easy lawn care tips for every season: mowing height, watering, fertilizing, weed control and when to aerate and overseed, for both cool-season and warm-season grasses.
Gardening
How to Grow Peppers and Cucumbers: Tips for a Big Summer Harvest
Step-by-step tips for growing bell peppers, hot peppers and cucumbers, including planting, trellising, watering and fixing common problems.
DIY & Home Improvement
Kitchen and Bathroom Organization Ideas That Actually Work
Practical, affordable kitchen organization ideas and bathroom organization ideas: pantry zones, drawer dividers, under-sink storage and more.
Gardening
Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: Size, Soil and What to Grow
Raised beds make vegetable gardening easier on your back and kinder to your plants. Learn how to size, build and fill a raised bed and which crops to start with.
Gardening
Best Flowers for Your Backyard: 15 Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies
Fill your backyard with color and wildlife. The best flowers for attracting hummingbirds, bees and butterflies, with sun, bloom time and growing tips.
Home Maintenance
How to Unclog a Drain Without Harsh Chemicals
Slow sink or clogged shower? Try these plumber-approved methods, from plungers and drain snakes to cleaning the P-trap, before you reach for caustic drain cleaners.
Gardening
Natural Garden Pest Control: 12 Safe Ways to Protect Your Plants
Keep aphids, slugs, beetles and caterpillars in check without harsh chemicals. Practical, natural garden pest control methods that really work.
Houseplant Care
How to Water Houseplants the Right Way (and Stop Overwatering)
Overwatering kills more houseplants than anything else. Learn the finger test, how to read the signs of too much or too little water, and when to bottom-water.
DIY & Home Improvement
12 DIY Backyard and Garden Projects to Build This Season
Fun, affordable DIY garden projects and DIY backyard ideas: raised beds, trellises, a fire pit area, compost bin, path, potting bench and more.
Lawn & Landscaping
How to Get Rid of Common Lawn Weeds Without Wrecking Your Lawn
Dandelions, crabgrass and clover can take over a lawn fast. Learn how to identify them, when to treat them and why a thick, healthy lawn is the best defense.
Gardening
How Often to Water Plants: Vegetables, Flowers, Containers and Lawns
How often should you water your garden? A practical guide to watering vegetables, flower beds, container plants and new plantings, plus signs you're over- or underwatering.
Houseplant Care
8 Easy Houseplants for Beginners That Are Hard to Kill
New to plants? Start with these forgiving, low-maintenance houseplants that tolerate low light, missed waterings and less-than-perfect care.
Gardening
Container Gardening Ideas: How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers in Pots
No yard? No problem. Creative container gardening ideas for patios, balconies and porches, plus the best pots, soil and plants for growing in containers.