Garden & Lawn

Container gardening offers the grower the ability to move plants around the house and garden to maximize sun exposure. A good drainage system for a container can be as easy as a series of drilled...

Before using your MTD riding mower every year, you should do some preventative maintenance on the mower. With the gear shifting, backing up, going up hills and standard wear you put on the wheels...

When you get a flat tire on your Simplicity mower during the mowing season, you can get quite frustrated as it will set you back on your mowing schedule. Getting the tire off and fixed as quick as...

After a few long summers of mowing, your riding lawn tractor can become very worn out and possibly even fail to run. When your mower engine breaks and isn't fixable, you will have to decide...

When you are planning on overhauling or rebuilding your MTD lawn tractor, you should strip off any extra weight or main components of the lawn tractor first. This includes removing the mower deck....

Your Pioneer chainsaw really takes a lot of wear and tear when you use it for cutting wood. The Pioneer chainsaw has a two-stoke engine that uses a gas and oil mixture to run. Over time, oil...

Completing an engine tune-up regularly will help keep your engine running well and reliably. There are three components to complete a Tecumseh engine tune-up: changing the spark plug, changing the...

When maintaining a home garden, pruning is an essential part of the equation. A variety of pruning tools exist, and they are all suited to a particular purpose. Anvil pruners are the best on the...

A beautiful yard can add 5 to 11 percent to a home's worth. Many homeowners use fertilizer to encourage lush growth of lawns and shrubs, increasing both the home's beauty and value. However,...

Weeds can be a gardener's worst nightmare. Not only do they suck away nutrients and water from other garden plants, weeds can spoil the aesthetic as well. Aside from the backbreaking task of...

A key part of your lawn mower is the fuel system. You need to keep your lawn mower's injectors, carburetor, fuel line and gas tank clean and free of gummy gas so the engine can perform at its...

The drive belt of a lawn tractor is the key component that connects the lawn mower's engine to the blades under its cutting deck. Since this belt moves at a high speed when the blades are...

When your lawn tractor tire goes flat, it can really kill your mowing productivity time. If the tire is badly ruined or un-fixable, you must purchase a new tire to put on the rim of the tire and...

When you are mowing with your Craftsman lawn tractor, you are apt to accidentally run into something. When you run into something, your steering can get knocked off kilter causing you to have to...

If your Snapper mower deck was damaged in an accident or if you just want to rebuild your Snapper mower, you will need to know how to remove the deck properly. The Snapper deck is attached...

Weed trimmers, or weed eaters or string trimmers as they are commonly known, employ a thin piece of nylon string, spun around at high velocity to cut through weeds, edge grass and other unsightly...

When pruning a plant or tree, it's important to the continued health of the plant that your cut be a clean one. After being cut, the plant releases a liquid which coats the cut area, creating a...

Southern crabgrass is a plant that is considered to be a weed by most homeowners and gardeners. It grows from a cluster of stalks and has tendrils that grow out horizontally along the surface of...

The fun of growing corn is harvesting the tasty ears. The not-so-fun part is keeping weeds at bay while the ears are growing. This means pulling and hoeing weeds that sprout daily to rob corn of...

Statistics from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show that over half of the waste Americans tossed into their garbage in 2008 consisted of materials that you could easily compost, such as...

Crabgrass, the dandelion, plantain, white clover and wood sorrel are likely to invade your lawn at any time, and the sensitive plant infests tropical landscapes. They are easy to identify.

A broken or damaged drive belt is one of the most common problems you can have with your lawn tractor. Fortunately it is also one of the easiest problems to fix, which means if you are having...

To keep your lawn lush and green all summer long you will have to water it often. Most lawn maintenance crews water their lawn spaces anywhere from three to seven days a week. It is best to water...

When cutting trees and lumber, you want your chainsaw running in top condition, without sputtering or dying from gas loss. When you fill up your chainsaw with gas, make sure you don't get any...

The holly bush is one of the most popular landscaping plants in the United States, according to the University of Mississippi Extension Service. The leaves of the holly bush are sometimes the...

Jasmine climbs well, blooms profusely and tends to remain attractive year-round. The hardy jasmine vines offer clusters of flowers and sweet fragrance to the garden. In planning a landscape with...

Silverfish are ½-inch long, shiny, silver nocturnal insects. They are usually discovered when paper and fabrics are stained yellow, chewed or have holes in them and may also be covered with...

Safety is an important consideration when operating a Craftsman lawn tractor, and one of the key safety elements is the brakes. The brakes on riding mowers can save your life, and the lives of...

Popeye's favorite vegetable, spinach, is a good source of Vitamin A. According to the University of Illinois, it is also packed with protein, calcium and iron. Spinach can be grown in both the...

Getting clean fuel to your riding lawn mower engine is crucial for the engine to run properly. A common cause of gummy fuel or a dying lawn mower is an old, cracked and gummy fuel line. The fuel...

Wasps are insects that can be bothersome to people but are an important part of our ecosystem. Nevertheless, if you are having an outdoor party, picnic or just hanging out in the yard, you likely...

While mowing, you may get in a hurry when refilling the fuel tank with gas and accidentally pour oil or diesel fuel into the gas tank on your lawn mower. Don't go out and buy a new lawn mower...

A landscape rock can be a natural feature of your land or come from nearby rocky areas. Your available choices in landscape rock can depend on the types that are common to the rock quarries in...

Having a sharp lawnmower blade will allow you to keep your lawn healthy and looking good. Whether removing a Craftsman lawnmower blade to sharpen it or to replace it with a new blade, one should...

After cutting down or pruning rose bushes, the next question is: What do I do with all this debris? Like other woody material, roses can be burned, whether in an outdoor firepit or an indoor...

Before you begin each mowing season, take the time to tune up your lawn mower engine. Each season you put your Honda lawn mower through a lot of work and stress many major components of the Honda...

It's easy to fix a flat lawn tractor tire with a rubber plug kit or a tire patch kit, but once that's taken care of you must reinstall the tire on the rim and seal it so it can be inflated to the...

When you are in the middle of lawn mowing, a sudden flat tire on your lawn tractor can really slow down your work. Removing the tire and taking it to your local tire shop can take a lot of time...

When you are mowing during the summer, a lawn tractor that won't start because of a dead battery can set you back. A lawn tractor battery may go dead because you left the key on or you shorted the...

When you are trying to start a gas lawn mower engine, you may feel the need to prime the engine so it has more gas to start, but this usually leads to flooding the engine. An engine needs a fine...

When your Yardman lawn mower isn't running the greatest and keeps dying like it isn't getting gas to the engine, then it is a safe bet that the carburetor needs cleaning or the fuel filter needs...

When you want to rebuild or overhaul your Briggs and Stratton 12.5 horsepower lawn mower engine, you will need to know the proper techniques for disassembling the engine. A key step that stumps...

If your Lawn-Boy Mower looses power when you run it, there are a number of things that can be causing the problem. Before you take your Lawn-Boy lawn mower in for service or repair, there are...

While rebuilding your Craftsman lawn mower, you must remove the deck from the mower properly. The mower deck on a Craftsman lawn tractor is securely fastened to the underside of the lawn tractor...