LAWN How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these lawn tutorials to learn all about lawn with WonderHowTo's collection of free how to articles, like Repair a Bare Patch of Lawn, Get and Maintain a Healthy Lawn, and Grow a Lawn Easily.

You'll also find several great home & garden tutorials in the Home & Garden category.

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How To Repair a Bare Patch of Lawn

Repair a Bare Patch of Lawn

Bare patches of lawn are sometimes commonplace and there are any number of reasons why they might occur - grubs, poultry scratching, disease ...more

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How To Get and Maintain a Healthy Lawn

Get and Maintain a Healthy Lawn

A beautiful lawn is easier to have and maintain than the professional lawn-care people want you to think. Sadly, their way of maintaining ...more

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How To Grow a Lawn Easily

Grow a Lawn Easily

These are in-depth instructions on growing a new lawn from seed (tested with cool season grasses). Clear the area of all weeds, previous ...more

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How To Level and Seed a Lawn

Level and Seed a Lawn

Making a level lawn area is simple although does require some physical effort for the initial digging. Once the area has been dug over, the ...more

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How To Properly Mow the Lawn (Row or Column Method)

Properly Mow the Lawn (Row or Column Method)

A nice mow makes any lawn look a lot better. Here is how to mow the lawn the right way. Get a lawnmower. If you purchased a gasoline-powered ...more

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How To Start a Push Lawn Mower

Start a Push Lawn Mower

This is how to, in general, start a push lawn mower that runs on gasoline. Obviously, how to start your individual lawn mower may vary ...more

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How To Fix the Steering Mechanism on a Riding Lawn Tractor

Fix the Steering Mechanism on a Riding Lawn Tractor

It is a helpless feeling to not be able to steer your riding lawn ...more

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How To Get Rid of Ground Digger Wasps (Cicada Killers) from Your Lawn

Get Rid of Ground Digger Wasps (Cicada Killers) from Your Lawn

This article provides instructions on how to eradicate Ground-digger ...more

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How To Operate a ZTR Lawnmower

Operate a ZTR Lawnmower

Zero Turn Radius, or ZTR Understand what zero turn radius means . Because the drive wheels turn independently, powered by hydraulic motors ...more

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How To Start a Flower Garden

Start a Flower Garden

A flower garden enhances your outdoor surroundings. It can also provide you with cut flowers and attract pollinators, such as bees ...more

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Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Landscape a Large Yard

Landscape a Large Yard

Landscaping a large yard can be a challenge, but it also gives you a chance to add a variety of elements that small lawns do not have room ...more

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How To Grow Grass from Seeds

Grow Grass from Seeds

If the one thing your lawn lacks is grass, you may want to plant some. It's a fairly easy process, and it takes only minimal time and effort ...more

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How To Install a Sprinkler System

Install a Sprinkler System

Installing a lawn sprinkler system will give you a green, lush lawn to enjoy even when the dry weather withers the neighbor's. This is not a ...more

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Mow Your Lawn Just Like Wrigley Field

Mow Your Lawn Just Like Wrigley Field

Here's a Sunday project for you: Mow your lawn in the style of a flawlessly manicured baseball field. The Art of Manliness posted a ...more

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Remote Control Your Lawn Mower

Remote Control Your Lawn Mower

Time to make those lazy Sunday afternoons even lazier. Instructables member johndavid400 has posted a full HowTo on modding your lawn mower ...more

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How To Reduce Stormwater Runoff at Your Home

Reduce Stormwater Runoff at Your Home

Storm water runoff, precipitation that does not soak into the ground where it falls, is one of the greatest threats to water quality in much ...more

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How To Xeriscape

Xeriscape

Xeriscaping is a conceptual form of gardening that uses drought-tolerant plants and grasses to beautify a home or business. Xeriscaping may ...more

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How To Repair a Pop up Sprinkler Head

Repair a Pop up Sprinkler Head

As pop-up plastic sprinklers get older, they tend to get stuck in the up position, leaving them vulnerable to lawnmowers. A chopped or ...more

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How To Dig Post Holes

Dig Post Holes

Whether you are building a fence or putting up a flag pole or a bird house on a pole, you may find the need to dig a small diameter hole ...more

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How To Rake Leaves

Rake Leaves

Fall is a beautiful season, but the yard full of thick and sometimes wet leaves can be annoying and bad for the green grass coming next year ...more

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How To Save the Environment at Home

Save the Environment at Home

There are plenty of little steps that people can take at home to help save the environment . While the eco-footprint of each step is small ...more

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How To Make Your Own Worm Compost System

Make Your Own Worm Compost System

Vermiculture, or worm composting, allows you to compost all your food waste faster than you ever imagined, while producing the highest ...more

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How To Prevent a House Fire

Prevent a House Fire

House fires kill and injure thousands yearly, and cost many more their valued possessions and memories. Here are some steps you can take to ...more

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How To Build a Tumbling Composter

Build a Tumbling Composter

One of the keys to composting is aeration. The bacteria need oxygen to carry out the aerobic respiration that creates rich compost. One way ...more

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How To Clean up a Toilet Papered House

Clean up a Toilet Papered House

OK, so you've successfully Toiled Papered (TP'd) a house. You've had a ton of fun with your friends getting that house belonging to your ...more

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How To Find Free Compost Ingredients

Find Free Compost Ingredients

Ask your local coffee shop if they throw out used coffee grinds. Coffee grinds are an excellent amendment to soil. Inquire with local ...more

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How To Start a Sputtering Snowblower Engine

Start a Sputtering Snowblower Engine

Sometimes, internal combustion power equipment (lawn mowers, chain saws, string trimmers, leaf blowers, etc.) do not easily start or run ...more

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How To Make an Outdoor Fountain

Make an Outdoor Fountain

Would you like to add the relaxing sound of running water to your garden without spending hundreds of dollars? Although there are resin ...more

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How To Rattlesnake Proof a Backyard

Rattlesnake Proof a Backyard

Living in rattlesnake country can mean the occasional, or even more frequent, visits from rattlesnakes in your own backyard. Guarding ...more

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How To Harvest Pecans

Harvest Pecans

Pecans are a nut grown throughout much of the southern U.S., as well as other locations, that are a favorite with many bakers and ...more

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How To Respond to an Air Quality Action Day for Ozone (USA)

Respond to an Air Quality Action Day for Ozone (USA)

Even relatively low levels of ozone can cause health effects. People ...more

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How To Stop Cats From Using Your Yard As a Litterbox

Stop Cats From Using Your Yard As a Litterbox

Fill plastic bottles with water and place them strategically around ...more

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How To Troubleshoot Plumbing Problems

Troubleshoot Plumbing Problems

This article should help a do-it-yourselfer find the cause of ordinary plumbing problems in the home. Check other articles for repairs or ...more

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How To Build Your Own Air Conditioner

Build Your Own Air Conditioner

If your tap water is cool, you can air condition a room with it at minimal cost. Obtain a radiator from a small car such as a Honda Civic ...more

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How To Clean a House to Help Prevent Illness

Clean a House to Help Prevent Illness

Keeping your home clean may help prevent illness. Here are tips on how to keep your home clean to accomplish this goal. The goal is to keep ...more

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How To Respond to a First Time Church Guest

Respond to a First Time Church Guest

When you get first time guests in church, first impressions matter and you will be wanting to engage their interest and enfold them into the ...more

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How To Deal with Black Spot Leaf Disease

Deal with Black Spot Leaf Disease

This leaf disease attacks plants throughout the year but is most prevalent during dry months. If left untreated, black spot spreads rapidly ...more

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How To Decorate Small Apartment Balconies

Decorate Small Apartment Balconies

Does your small apartment balcony feel like the runt of the litter? Do you want to spice it up? When you’re renting an apartment, it’s ...more

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How To Design a Landscape Garden

Design a Landscape Garden

Planning to landscape your garden for the first time should not be hard at all to you. You don't need to hire big landscaping companies if ...more

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How To Empty a Trash Bin

Empty a Trash Bin

Know when your garbage collection day is. Change your garbages and get it all to the curb the day before. This will prevent damage to the ...more

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How To Write a Resume for Free Using Microsoft Word Resume Template

Write a Resume for Free Using Microsoft Word Resume Template

You've decided that on your hunt for a job or looking for a career ...more

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How To Avoid Home Break Ins / Thefts

Avoid Home Break Ins / Thefts

Thieves love homes that are unprotected and easy to break into; or homes that have many valuables. The following steps elaborate on some ...more

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How To Build a Bridge in the Woods

Build a Bridge in the Woods

Have you ever wanted to build a bridge across a creek? We'll you're at the right place. P.S. There are photos to come! Find the narrowest ...more

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How To Build a Compost Bin

Build a Compost Bin

Building a Compost Bin for your backyard takes about 15 minutes. It's easy, convenient and you'll wonder why you didn't build one sooner. It ...more

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How To Find Inexpensive Mulch

Find Inexpensive Mulch

Ask your local landfill if you can take some flattened cardboard home for your garden. They usually will if you call ahead for permission ...more

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How To Get Rid of Fleas

Get Rid of Fleas

Sometimes pets accidentally bring some friends home to play, and those friends happen to be tiny, blood-sucking, and persistent. Here's how ...more

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How To Improve Yourself Through Writing and Reviewing

Improve Yourself Through Writing and Reviewing

Do ideas, thoughts, tasks, goals, quotes, reminders and other ...more

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How To Use Prepackaged Concrete Mix

Use Prepackaged Concrete Mix

concrete Ready-Mixed Figure out how much premixed concrete you will need for your project. Multiply the length times the width times the ...more

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How To Apply Mulch

Apply Mulch

Using the right mulch can help to conserve water , shield your plants' roots from temperature extremes, improve the soil, and discourage the ...more

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How To Be a Kid Environmentalist

Be a Kid Environmentalist

While there are oodles of promises and "going-to-dos" out there about protecting our environment, a lot of it is yet to happen and often it ...more

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Robot Dance Off Gets Creepy

As November was coming to an end this year, the "6th Robo-One Gate in International Robot Exhibition 2009" dance competition took place. The contenders are just a little bit creepy, to say ...

2009's Most Amazing Scientific Images

Popsci has posted 2009's most amazing scientific images, and there's quite a few great ones in there. A few of our favorites below, click through for all 62. In short, Cow Farts. "Scientists ...

DARPA Develops Explosive Blocking Mega-Shield

DARPA has released footage of the Iron Curtain, a pretty impressive shield system that will protect armored vehicles from oncoming explosives. With $8 million in Army approved funds, DARPA will ...

Big Brother's Watching You (HowTo Un-Google Yourself)

Some think of Google as the ultimate Big Brother, and with good reason. If you use Google (and most of us do), Google potentially has your email history, your complete search history, your travel ...

LEGO Fashion Hits the Runway

Whether you're inclined to love it or leave it, you've gotta admit one thing about JC de Castelbajac's LEGO fashion line- it's fun. More 80's pop culture revival: LEGO constructed hats and LEGO ...

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