One of my favorite things about having a backyard is having a place where we can grill. We can set-up the grill in one corner and then kick back with friends in some cozy patio furniture as the meats cook. I’m still getting used to keeping my yard “clean.” I didn’t always have a yard and I didn’t always have outdoor furniture so there are still a few tricks to learn. Did you know, that according to a recent Procter & Gamble (P&G survey, only 20 percent of us clean our outdoor furniture, even though keeping it clean can last longer? Even with all of the cooking and grilling, only 25% of us actually clean our grills!
Outdoor Living Maintenance Tips
Here are a few useful tips to get your outdoor living space ready for entertaining:
- Maintain Your Outdoor Furniture – Keep it looking good all summer
- Inspect your Deck – Give it good once over – check for loose nails, bricks, cracked concrete
- Remove the Clutter – Clean up, power wash, remove unnecessary items/debris.
- Accessorize – Add in the little touches (i.e., plants, outdoor lighting, lanterns, centerpiece)
- Clean your Grill – Give your grill a clean start this season.
Don’t know where to start? Head out to The Home Depot where you can pick up Mr. Clean Outdoor and Bounty products to help you with our outdoor cleaning needs! Not only can you get your yard and furniture looking great, but it will help them last longer!
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The Prize:
One winner will receive a special prize pack which includes a full-size bottle of Mr. Clean Outdoor Spray, Mr. Clean Outdoor Pro Magic Eraser, one Bounty Paper Towels Roll and a custom LeatherCraft 2-pocket natural colored canvas The Home Depot apron.
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Disclaimer: This post consists of my (and/or fellow tester) opinions only. Your experiences may be different. No compensation was given for this review/giveaway. I did receive a free product from the manufacturer or their representing PR agency to use and test for the purposes of this review. This did not affect the outcome of this review.
We clean our outdoor patio and deck furniture.
Clean up all the leaves under the bushes. Pull all the weeds and trim the bushes. Clean up the patio so the kids can play on it. I give it a good scrubbing so they can draw on it.
I give the kids a bucket and the hose and let them clean it up. They have a great time.
I like to make sure my outdoor living space as “flowery” as possible so that it’s like sitting in a garden. I also like to make sure it’s shaded with an umbrella or something so that the fam can head out and have a picnic or whatever they want to do.
Sweep, clean, organize, rearrange
Clean the porch off and the lawn chairs.
Sweep, Clean (everything!) Powerwash!
clean up and remove unnecessary items
mow and sweep the deck
We plant flowers the first week in June and if the weather permits in Alberta we get our space ready, and there is always lots to clean! We have lights, fire pit, portable hot tub, patio set with a wicker couch, we try to make it the same comfort as indoors!
Get the old ladder out and clean the windows , ceiling and columns of back porch, then it scrub scrub scrub all furniture and porch floor
I set up the tables and chairs and makes sure the area looks uncluttered. I also have to clean things 🙁
First, I grab the hose for a “spraydown” Then, I move onto inspection and repair, then onto the final “scrubdown” of everything!
We spray clean the back porch. There’s not much to it.
There’s a lot of de-cobwebbing and sweeping that needs to be done to get our space ready!
powerwash the furniture and spray for mosquitos!
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wash all the cushions and clean the floor with clorox
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Spray wash the patio
First, we clean the deck.
I wash everything down and try to get the garden into some sense of order
Cleaning the furniture.
We clean up the yard from all the winter debris!
lots of elbow grease, painting and planting for me
debbie jackson,
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com
Clean up the deck and yard from winter.
Lots of cleaning.
This week I cleaned my outdoor furniture set.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Make the kids pick up their toys and bikes.
We grease bike chains and wipe down patio furniture.
I pull weeds, sweep and wash down the tables and chairs
Pull out the power washer and go to work.
We mow, weed whack, and sweep!
Lots of mowing.
I enjoy planting my flower beds and digging my gardens
Before my power washer broke I use that to clean my outdoor area. Now I have to do it all my hand.
Broom the patio and pull out grill
A good raking and power washing.
I use an air/water compressor to clear the sidewalk
clean it up
Powerwash
Always clean all the outdoor furniture and seal anything that needs to be sealed
clean up a winter’s worth of #2 from two big dogs
Clean up the outdoor furniture and the yard.
dust off all patio furniture and clean the yard
mow the lawn, sweep the portico, plant flowers and veggies
Mow and sweep.
Repot all those pots with dead stuff in them, wipe them down nicely, put a little mulch on the soil to keep plants moist. Wash the furniture down, restack the stones around the pond, polish up the grill, get extra propant. I bought pretty turquoise dishes just for outside, with new glasses and silverware. Need a new umbrella this year. July 4th sale, here I come!
In Florida we are always ready for summer! The question for us is what do you do to get ready for a Hurricane! We store all the summer furniture inside like most of the Country does in winter.
we sweep the back where there are bricks and brush off the spider webs
we cclean, mow, weed and plant a few new flowers
I power wash the furniture and add a splash of color by planting flowers
I finally rake lol!
Rake and weed the yard and spray off our stuff with a hose
After we remove the winter covers from the patio furniture I give everything a good cleaning and we put out new potted plants to add some color.
Lots of mowing and weedwacking!
Clean and wipe down. Try to keep up to date
Clean the yard, clean the outdoor furniture, start digging out the kids toys, pools etc..
Thanks for the chance.
I pull weeds and plant flowers.
Hubby cuts the grass…kids clean up the toys and I trim the bushes.
We clean windows~cut the grass and plant flowers!
I have a small patio but I always sweep it and squirt it off and get all the spider webs down.Thanks for the giveaway!
Lawn mowing and attempting to keep the flowers alive.
renfie.fields(at)gmail.com
i wipe the patio furniture down and get the pretty flowers planted! i also get the adult beverages ready! 🙂
We power wash the deck
we pressure wash our back patio, and repot our plants, and straighten everything out – Paul Tran ….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
Haul everything out of the garage, set up the tables, chairs, etc, hose everything down. Then I weed the areas where I will be planting flowers.
We pull a LOT of weeds!
i cut the grass, plant some nice flowers in the garden and in some pots and i put out the solar lights!
Trim the hedges!
I need something to help get rid of all the bugs. and a good trash can.
i put lots of annuals on the deck
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Mow the lawn,weed & clean off the furniture
Pull weeds
Sweep and wash things off.
Hose everything down & give it a good scrubbing!
mow.. that’s about it lol
I get the pool ready (cleaning, chemicals..)
uncover the grill, fill the pool and pull the patio set out of the garage
Oh I wish I had a great yard again!!! Recently moved into a townhouse and gave that up and I miss it so much!!
Give everything a good cleaning.
we have a nice community room and patio at the duplex i live at..every body keeps it clean and we have hAve fun…
My husband does most of it…Weeding, clearing out the dead foliage, mowing, weed-wacking,sweeping, wiping down the table and chairs, and mulching. I plant the garden and some pots/hanging baskets. All this for our TINY city yard!
I spray down the porch,windows, siding, chairs, & awning with simple green
clean clean clean!!!
Cleaning up from the past season, and then planting and maintaining flowers and an organic garden!
get the garden ready!
clean up, weed, plant and feed existing plants
Get up weeds and plant for flowers-also add to the garden!
I clean up the garage.
Rake, sweep, spray!
Love P&G products!
I start by cleaning the leaves out of the flower beds and the line along the fence. We bag these for pick up.
Lots of Yardwork, and organizing
I mow the lawn
I plant beautiful flowers…..
I finish cleanning the leaves up that i missed during fall, clean flower pots out and get ready for planting new flowers. I love my flowers!
we uncover them and dust the ones that look a bit dirty
I hate cleaning
I scrub the patio furniture and repaint any that have gotten rusty.
Awesome giveaway!! hope to finally win one soon!
Pressure washer! Works wonders 🙂
Clean off the back patio, wipe down the table and chairs, clean up the bbq grill.
we use ours year round, but occasionally wash and dust, depending on how dry it is in our area. we live on a dirt road and things have a tendency to get dusty!
we get the family together and clean the yard
Clean the yard, clean the outdoor furniture, etcd.
Thanks for the chance!
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WE usually start the summer off with cleaning up the yard, removing clutter. Then we pull out all the outdoor furniture, get the accessorizes around. See if we need anything new this year. Pull the grill out, clean it up for the summer, its going to be used hard.
After the summer we clean everything up and store it away, for the next summer and then we do it all over again.
this year i have to wash and re stain our deck.not looking forward to it at all!!
well we start with the pool which is the hardest to clean then we bust out summer table and chairs and clean them.
We scrub down all the furniture, clean the deck, plant the gardens and make any repairs from our crazy winters.
Mow the back yard, spray & pull weeds.
pull all the summer decorations/chairs/grill out from shed…cut the grass…weed…plant some flowers…
We clean the yard, bring out the chairs, and plant flowers.
We power wash the deck every Spring before putting out the deck furniture. Then, I clean all the furniture. Thank you for the chance to win!
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I just clean off my deck and wash all my outdoor chairs. I also get some flowers
I do alot of outdoor cleaning and usually plant some new flowers.
I try to wash everything off.
KEEP THE GRASS CUT! thanks,simms3710@yahoo.com
Sweep away the Fall/Winter leaves.
plant flowers
Mow grass and trim shrubbery 🙂
Thanks!
I pressure wash everything after the long winter 🙂
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We store our table and chairs in the garage during the winter so all we really have to do is spray everything down with a hose. But I would love to try the Mr. Clean and see how well it does on removing some of the “caked” on water spots and such.
In the past, about all I’ve done is mow. You guessed it, I’m an indoorsy sort 🙂
wash the table chairs get the grill cleaned and we are ready to roll out the green carpet
ugh the pool is first,, its the most time consuming 🙁
Love This! Moving to a new home in just a few weeks! Would this be perfect for the move in or what?
Thanks for holding a giveaway!
I hose down the back pad (it’s a 12×12 concrete slab), kill and remove any spiders or webs (phobia), clean out any planters I have (now on front porch, more shade), rinse off the patio furniture, and get the grill ready (check propane level, clean out icky spiders, clean grill grates).
have to wash off the chairs. clean off the table and get the cooker ready to use. would love to win!
Cleaning, weeding, and washing 🙂
Try to clean windows could really use power washer for outside. Thank you for the opportunity to win this awesome offer, appreciate it!!!
brought out the grill and clean and cleaned the patio
clean off the table,bring the cushions out for the chairs, and bring all the bikes and whatnot out from the attic
clean up outside and add fres flowers and new lawn ornaments
We get the whole family involved in mowing the grass and cleaning the porch!
We just mow,and pressure wash our patio furniture and porchs.Very simple
Weed and til flower beds and plant flowers. Sweep and keep sweeping.
I only have a small patio so sweeping it is about all I do. I don’t have any furniture but would like some.
Clean up my backyard and bring out the grill!
by cleaning up the yard and putting summer things out
clean the patio, rake , water and trim pants
Clean grill and power wash.
Wish I had some back yard furniture..
Wish I had some back yard furniture..
clean the porches and the grills and get ready for another hot summer
we get the furniture out of the poolhouse
We clean off the deck and patio, get all the furniture and kids toys out of the shed, buy hanging flowers and flower for the kids to plant in the deck planters.
Spray the yard for weeds and pick any stickers out of the yard.
clean the deck off and work on the flowers
Pay my son whos home from college to get to work out there!
same as lisa kinda. pay my 35 yr old nephew that can,t get a job
(won’t get a job)
Hose everything down to rinse the nasty spiders away
painted my deck
To get the backyard ready for summer, we always cut our grass extra low and spray for ants. They are horrible here during the summer months!
I mow the grass….pick the weeds…and plant some vegetables….
mowing the yard
Make sure the grass is cut and have lots of mosquito repellant ready. Thanks!
Cut the Grass constantly!
Make sure grass cut and everything scrubbed down and for sure mosquito repellent is a necessity !!
Power up the electric lawn mower, plant an herb/ vegetable garden. Make sure the birds have feed & a clean bird bath.
sweep my patio…live in an apartment, so can’t do anything else with the rest of it lol
move the wood cutting stuff from the winter out of the way and break out the pools, sandboxes and the grill for summertime!
Try to clean up outside but It’s so horribly hot here in AZ that we don’t spend too much time outside.
Mow yard, plant flowers, get all the summer stuff out (decor, patio furniture, etc.) get the grill ready.
Plant flowers and weed, weed, weed! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
We make sure the grass it cut and that everything is good and clean and that we are bug free.
Plant daffodils; they’re one of my favorites!