Tools of the Trade: Seven Must-Have Tools for Fall Backyard Maintenance
Ask any lawn care professional: Expertise and experience are important elements when tending to a backyard. But it's the equipment you use that can determine whether you'll have a lush, thriving yard when spring comes around.

Cutting Edge Features Take Outdoor Power to New Level
As cabin fever gives way to spring fever, it's time to assess your outdoor power equipment needs. Besides drawing up a plan and getting the ground ready, it's important to have the right tools for the job.

Daffodils -- Fall Investment, Many Spring Returns
Gardeners -- start your spring color planning now because fall planting time is upon us. Here are three good reasons to add daffodils to your landscape planting schedule: First, there is a range and beauty in daffodils well beyond the traditional yellow trumpets you so often see along the roadways.

Backyard Play Equipment Harbors Harmful Grime and Dirt
One of the most overlooked, yet most needed, cleaning chores in your home is probably right in your own back yard -- outdoor play equipment. When outdoor play equipment -- activity gyms, swing sets, sandboxes, playhouses, little red wagons, even doghouses -- come out for the summer, it can be a staging area for bacteria-laden dirt and grime.

Getting Perennials Ready for Spring ... Now!
The air is cooler. Clouds are darker. Plants are losing their summer luster. Fall flowers are blooming. Now is the time to get ready for spring! Right?

How to Store Your Lawn Mower
Tired of having your lawnmower not start when you take it out of storage once the weather warms up? Before you store your lawnmower for the winter, there are steps you should take to ensure it will start again properly in the spring.