A continuing compendium of tips and tricks from Home & Garden Television:
Toothy solution: Sawing through a piece of wood can be a very strenuous activity. Try putting paraffin, spray Teflon lubricant or WD 40 onto the sides of the blade. This will make the movement of the saw through the wood much easier.
Growing up: One way to create height in your garden is to train vines to grow up structures — a branch, a tomato cage or an elegant iron form. There are vines for every type of garden, like a potato vine or even the moon vine, which opens its fragrant flowers in early evening.
Tree hogs: Growing grass under trees is a big problem for many gardeners. Trees will usually starve grass by absorbing all the moisture and nutrients for themselves. A good alternative is to plant a miniature garden with shade-tolerant plants under your trees. Ground-covering vines such as periwinkle, pachysandra or ivy work well. Perennial foliage and flowering plants such as hostas, ferns, columbines and cardinal flowers or annuals such as impatiens and begonias are also good shade-loving covers.