Gardening, Lawn Care and Landscaping
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Grow A Salsa Garden
Put some sizzle in your veggie patch with the ingredients for a summer salsa - plant tomatoes, hot peppers, green onions and cilantro for a zesty harvest.
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Create a Vine-Covered Privacy Screen With Ready-Made Materials
It's easy to make your backyard a lush, private retreat. Start with ready-made trellises, add quick-growing annual vines and before long you'll be relaxing in a cozy garden nook.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 2 hours
Building Your Own Fence Sections
The most popular fence types are picket, alternate board, solid board, louver, and basket weave. Building any of these fences is a three-step process: install the posts, install the rails, and screw on the fencing. Intervals of 4,6, and 8 feet between posts are typical. Choose...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Installing Railings
Building codes vary, but most require a railing on decks more than 30 inches above the ground. A railing height requirement of 36 inches is common. Railing posts can be attached to the outer face of the perimeter joists, or can be through posts supported by the footings. You ...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 3 hours
Installing Wood Fencing
A standard post-and-rail skeleton supports many styles of fencing. Most styles have posts that are mounted at intervals of 4, 6, or 8 feet, and the space between boards is usually uniform. Choose a fence style and picket, then cut rails to multiple of the picket width. Factor...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Installing a Synthetic Railing System
Almost every manufacturer of synthetic decking materials makes a corresponding synthetic railing system-some in more than one style. The components consist of the pieces normally associated with railings-all the parts needed to complete your deck in a consistent style. Some come...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 4 hours
Digging Footings
Digging footing holes with a clamshell digger is quick and inexpensive, but makes sense only if you need only a few shallow holes in loamy soil. For most every other installation, rent a machine to make the work easier. You have two choices-either a one-person or two -person ...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Installing a Vinyl Fence
Installing a vinyl fence is much like installing a prefab wood fence. You put a post in a posthole, attach a fence section, and attach the section to a second post. Don't fill in the holes until you've attached all the sections to all the posts to match the fence sections exactly....
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Potted Herbs
Create a herb or vegetable planter box. Customize your container to suit your culinary passions. Start your garden from scratch using eco-certified seeds and you'll be rewarded with super-healthy and great tasting results.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Installing Solid-Board Fencing
A solid-board fence is made of posts and rails like any other fence. A few changes, however, make it both more durable and more attractive. Most important is the cap rail that runs across the top. The cap rail protects the tops of the posts, which absorb water more readily and...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 5 hours
Making Stringers
There are tow types of stringers:Open stringers, also called cut stringers, have notches for steps cut into them. The treads are attached to the notches. Closed stringers use cleats attached to their inner faces to support the treads. Open stringers take a little more time than...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Pouring Footings
There are several things you must do to the concrete after it's in the footing and before it hardens. First move your wheelbarrow or mixer as close to the footing as you can before mixing the concrete. Second always pour a complete footing. If you need to mix another batch...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
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