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Printable Yard, Garage and Seasons checklist
One page with a box for every Yard, Garage and Seasons skill. Skills you have marked learned in this browser print with their dates.
Yard, Garage and Seasons checklist
- Mow a lawn: clear the yard, cut a third at most, dry grass, sharp blade, engine off to clear.
- Mower care: plug wire off for the blade, fresh fuel, oil, filter; stabilize for winter.
- Ladder: firm level ground, four up one out, three feet over the edge, three points of contact.
- Clean gutters: single story only, bucket on the ladder, move it often, flush the downspout.
- Shovel snow: warm up, push not lift, small scoops, no twisting, stop at chest pain.
- Winterize outdoor faucets: hoses off, inside valve closed, outside faucet open, cover it.
- Pressure washer: widest nozzle first, two to three feet away, never at skin, gas outdoors.
- Bike flat: wheel off, levers, find the hole and the cause, patch or new tube, no pinches.
- Storm prep: secure the yard, clear drains, charge up, fill water, go-bag by the door.