Outdoors
This is where you’ll find lots of information for hands-on success outside. Gardening, farming, vehicle maintenance and repair, outdoor structures and more.
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Four Steps to Responsible Lawn and Garden Fertility
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, provides key basic information for responsible lawn and garden fertilization.
Lawn Care Options Getting Greener
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, discusses environmentally friendly lawn care and two green products that can help.
Making Sense of Outdoor Pots and Planters and Hanging Baskets
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, offers outdoor gardening advice on how to incorporate pots, planters and hanging baskets.
Canadian Innovation Powers Green Heating and Cooling Revolution
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, explains a Canadian innovation that can be used with District Energy Systems, a greener heating…
Canadian Invention Helps Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependence
Canada’s Handiest Man, Steve Maxwell, continues to find ways to reduce dependency on fossil fuel through alternative heating systems.
Get Ready for Winter Home Maintenance Jobs
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, makes suggestions on home maintenance tasks to do this fall to get your house winter…
Canadian Fabric Shelter Stands Test of Time
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, discusses Cover-Tech, a Canadian manufacturer of portable garages.
Lawn Care Options Go Greener
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks about lawns, gardens, and herbicides and how attitudes towards all have changed through the…
Walkways and Driveways With Pavers
If ever there was an ideal Canadian walkway and driveway paving product, interlocking concrete paving bricks must be it, says…
VIDEO: Water Well Drilling in Action
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks about water knowledge, water wells, and water strategies.
Pressure Washer Tools
In the market for a pressure washer? They’re a real blast, literally. Steve Maxwell’s done his homework, spending a couple…
Septic Tank Access Hatch
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, explains a DIY project which involves building a pair of easy-open septic tank access boxes.
Paving Green
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks about new eco-friendly, grid paving concept allows homeowners to park on their grass.
SOLAR HEATING VIDEO#6: Outdoor Wood Boiler Tour
Solar heating is a great option, but in many regions of the world solar needs to be coupled with a…
Gardening with Better Pruning Tools
Landscaping advice from Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, on handy garden pruning tools.
SOLAR GENERATOR VIDEO#3: Stripping Wire Insulation Safely & Effectively
Click below to watch and learn how to strip insulation off wires. Sounds simple, but there are tools and approaches…
SOLAR GENERATOR VIDEO#2: Soldering Wire Connections
Click below to watch and learn how to solder wire connections. There’s no better way to make reliable electrical joints.
SOLAR GENERATOR VIDEO#1: Introduction
Click below to watch and learn about the different solar generator components and how they fit together and work together.
KEEP IT FLOWING: Video Lesson#9 Easier Pump Priming Explained
Click below to watch how to reconfigure your seasonal water system so priming becomes much easier. This is part of…
KEEP IT FLOWING: Video Lesson#7 Submersible Pump Installation
Click below for lesson#7 in my video ebook KEEP IT FLOWING. This video shows you how to install a submersible…
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