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Use these crafty little tricks to impress your neighbors, grandkids, and significant other:
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For leveling new topsoil, place rocks or other heavy objects on top of a pallet and pull it behind your vehicle
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Make a cool garden hose holder by bolting a galvanized bucket to a wall and then coiling your hose around it
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Use Thompson Waterseal or Rustoleum NeverWet to waterproof the cushions of patio furniture
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Paint stepping stones with glow in the dark paint to illuminate walkways at night
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Attach a PVC pipe with a curved tip to your blower to easily clean leaves out of gutters without a ladder
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Cook a dozen marshmallows at once using a (sanitized) leaf rake
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Fix a leaky garden hose by inserting a toothpick and cutting off the excess. The water will make the wood expand to fill the hole.
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Avoid raking entirely by using your mower to dice leaves and thatch and allow their nutrient content to be absorbed by the lawn
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Prevent weeds by sprinkling baking soda or salt into the cracks of your driveway or sidewalk
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Kill broadleaf weeds by mixing 1 oz. of vodka and a few drops of liquid soap into 2 cups of water. Apply the mixture with a spray bottle.
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Use newspaper instead of expensive weed block fabric to economically prevent weeds from popping up in your new flowerbed
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Rub a thick coating of WD-40 onto wooden tool handles to protect against splintering
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Use the wood ash from your fire pit as organic lawn fertilizer
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Kill weeds without chemicals by pouring boiling water on them
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Remove rust from hand tools by soaking them in Coca-Cola
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Wait until September or October to buy a new mower. That’s when they go on sale because retailers don’t want to hold the inventory until spring.
Are you a fall lawn care MacGyver?
Post your cool trick in the comments!
