It is important to know if simple maintenance can revive garden tools or if it’s time to say goodbye. Garden tools that are ...

S tepping into your barn, shed, or garage, you might grimace at seeing your once-loved garden tools now resting beneath layers of dust and cobwebs. These relics, seemingly forgotten and arguably ...

The house is old. The tools are old. The equipment is old. Everything is old and therefore, it all needs maintenance. Here is a little-known secret.

Yes, any garden tool should be cleaned and sanitized after every use, even if only used a little. Proper sanitation of tools will greatly help in reducing the spread of many soil-borne diseases.

Before joining CR in 2016, he tested kitchen products at Good Housekeeping and covered tools and remodeling for This Old House magazine. You’ll typically find him in his old fixer-upper ...

Carvalho encourages recycling of old garden tools-but knows how difficult it can be to part with beloved equipment. "Last fall I had a favorite shovel whose metal blade was starting to crack.