Painting a fence can be laborious work - your wrists and knees end up hurting, you have to battle against splinters, and it always seems to need a new coat of paint every year. Luckily, one garden ...

Rise Schurman, via email Dear Heloise: When I am painting with a brush and have to stop for an unexpected visitor, phone call, or lunch break, I don’t want to clean my brush or let it get hard ...

Beckie Boggs Don’t bother cleaning or putting liners in your paint trays. Just pour any excess paint back into the can and let the paint in the tray dry completely before using it again.