Outdoor

Mosquito traps are a strange category of product because the people who need them most are usually the people who use them wrong.

The humble garden hose reel sits in a category of objects that most people buy once, curse at for a decade, and replace with nearly the same model out of sheer inertia.

Mildew on an outdoor rug is a quiet failure. The rug sits there for months, taking sun and rain and foot traffic, and then one day the underside smells like a wet dog that found something dead.

The first time a fire pit spark screen pays for itself, it does so quietly, usually with a soft hiss and a thin wisp of smoke rising from a wool blanket.

Fall cleanup has a peculiar way of turning a weekend into a full-blown project.

The backyard pizza oven has become the most popular piece of outdoor cooking equipment that almost nobody knows how to set up properly.

Outdoor sinks occupy a strange category in home improvement. Most people who garden or grill seriously have thought about installing one at least once, usually while tracking mud through the kitchen o

Waterproofing claims on outdoor storage boxes are the most lied-about specification in backyard retail.

The grill is the only part of a cookout most people plan. The table beside it is an afterthought, usually a plastic folding model wobbling on uneven grass, pressed into service because something had t

The most dangerous tool in a home is often the one that sits in a garage for eleven months doing absolutely nothing.