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How To: Turn a garbage can into a homemade compost bin

So you've decided to make your own fertilizer from compost. Watch this video to learn how to construct a homemade compost bin from a garbage can.

How To: Add compost to soil

Adding compost to your garden soil increases its nutrient content and overall fertility. Watch this video to learn easy and effective methods of adding compost to soil.

How To: Prune your roses

Want to keep your buds looking their best? Pruning your roses helps create healthy blooms. Find out the proper way to cut stems to promote growth.

How To: Revive a pot bound plant

Is your houseplant in desperate need of some TLC? Learn how to tell if your plant is pot bound and how to transplant it from one container to another.

How To: Hang a wall sconce

Let there be light! Brighten up a room by hanging a beautiful wall sconce. Check out these tips on how to mount and wire a wall sconce.

How To: Make a clay pot look like an antique

One way for a middle-aged person to look better than ever is to sit on a patio surrounded by well-aged pots. Flaking, lichen-covered clay pots give the impression that they’ve been around a lot longer than you have. And because antiqued pots look expensive, everyone will think that your investments are doing well and your children have moved out. There are three methods of giving your pots the beauty of antiquity. Two of these techniques take minutes, and the other one takes months.

How To: Use milky spore grub control

Milky Spore is the safe, all natural way to control grubs and Japanese Beetles. Watch this video to learn how use it.

How To: Set up an Earthbox planter

Grow your own vegetables without a garden. The ultimate container garden.

How To: Plant indoor winter paper whites and amaryllis bulbs

Domino Magazine editor Cynthia Kling shows you the easy way to plant paper whites and amaryllis bulbs. These are bulbs that you plant indoors in the winter and they bloom indoors in the spring. Paper whites and amaryllis bulbs are incredibly ease to plant. You can prop them in dirt, rocks or sand. Stay tuned for more detailed tips on planting paper whites and amaryllis bulbs.

How To: Grow vegetables at home

This video gives great tips for growing vegetables at home.

How To: Protect delicate plants

This video gives tips on how to take care of your delicate plants like rhododendrons and azaleas.

How To: Take care of terracotta pots

Learn how to handle your terracotta garden pots and keep them from drying out.

How To: Mulch plant beds with This Old House

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to mulch plant beds. Steps:

How To: Prune and train roses with This Old House

In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to prune and train rose bushes.

How To: Trim a hedge with This Old House

In this video from This Old House, Roger explains why pruning with electric shears can inhibit interior hedge growth, and how to repair the damage with pruning shears.

How To: Prune a fruit tree with This Old House

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to correctly prune a fruit tree. Steps:

How To: Harvest potatoes

Check out this description on how to harvest home grown potatoes. Learn from a survivalist on his daughter's birthday!

How To: Make paper pots

Dave from Dave's Garden explains how to make paper pots for young plants.

How To: Make raised beds

Dave from Dave's Garden explains how to make raised beds.

How To: Harvest spinach by cutting off big leaves

Check out this video to learn information on how to harvest spinach.

How To: Measure a gourd's thickness without cutting it open

Check out this video to learn how to measure a gourd's thickness without cutting it open

How To: Size or measure a gourd

Learn how to size a gourd with tips from this video.

How To: Clean gourds

Save hundreds of dollars by cleaning gourds yourself!

How To: Grow a vertical garden

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, shows you techniques to get more out of limited land space, by growing up. Watch this video to learn how!

How To: Treat the Coast Redwood Tree

The Giant Coast Redwood Tree can grow so high it can lift a house! What can you do with those huge trees? Learn what you can do by watching this video.

How To: Treat bugs with bugs

Tony Antonucci shows Dave how to use "beneficial bugs" to consume harmful bugs that may be feeding on your houseplants. This is a great alternative to pesticides!

How To: Make a hydroponic aquaponic indoor grow system

Here is Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl's, indoor growing system. The system works great, and you can learn how to make your own by watching this video.

How To: Prune blueberry bushes

Blueberries are one of the tastiest berries around, and if you just happen to have a blueberry bush in your backyard, consider yourself lucky. But you can't just let a blueberry bush fend for itself—it's needs help—it needs pruning.

How To: Trim tree branches

Dave consults with Dave Ropes of Tree Specialists, Inc., about the best way to trim trees that are uncomfortably close to houses or other buildings.

How To: Plant espaliered fruit trees in limited space

We love fresh fruit, but we have a small space in our garden. Here is how to espalier a fruit tree for fruit and a living wall.

How To: Grow fall hardy bananas

Hardy bananas have become a new popular plant, but how do you get them to bare fruit after the long cold winter? Watch this video to see how the experts do it.