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Looking to live a green, environmentally responsible lifestyle? Renovate your home, design your garden or DIY repairs around the house? Look no further.
"How to Germinating seeds in paper towels" cover image
Aug 27, 2008

In this short how-to video, self-described earth mother Mayo Underwood demonstrates how you can germinate seeds in damp paper towels prior to planting them in your personal garden. Watch this tutorial ...

"How to Plant a beautiful and functional container garden" cover image
Aug 27, 2008

When there isn't space in a garden for favorite plants, they can be planted in containers and placed on a patio or deck. This how-to clip provides instructions for how to plant a beautiful and functi ...

"How to Prune a Bramley apple tree" cover image
Aug 26, 2008

The Bramley is a large, heavy-cropping cooking apple popular for baking, making apple sauce and other apple dishes. In this two-part how-to series, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Heritage Apples demonstra ...

People gardening in a natural setting.
Aug 26, 2008

Beautify your surroundings and offset global carbon emissions by planting a tree. Oregonian writers Kym Pokorny and Anne Jaeger demonstrate best practices for tree planting as they plant a dogwood in ...

A gardener inspecting plants in a greenhouse.
Aug 26, 2008

In this how-to video, Ed Laivo and Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery give you advice on how to prune high-density fruit trees as they look at Santa Rosa plums, pluots and nectarines in their own orc ...

"How to Thin your fruit tree" cover image
Aug 26, 2008

Thinning, or pruning, is the most important step in getting the best fruit from your tree. In this tutorial from Dave Wilson Trees, you'll learn how to thin your own fruit trees as they look at the pl ...

Bare apple tree in a grassy orchard.
Aug 26, 2008

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds formed in previous years. In order to keep an apple tree in b ...

Tree grafting technique being demonstrated.
Aug 26, 2008

Grafting, also known as "top working," is simple-but-essential technique that enables you to change the variety of fruit a tree bears. In this tutorial, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Apples Heritage demo ...

"How to Understand the basics of apple tree pruning" cover image
Aug 26, 2008

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds formed in previous years. In order to keep an apple tree in b ...

"How to Replace a piece of timber fascia" cover image
Aug 26, 2008

Fascia goes along the top of your gutter line to hold the gutter in place. As fascia boards tend to break down over time, many builders are now using metal products in the place of timber. If you're l ...