Four times a year
Seasonal checklists
Some skills are worth doing again every season: testing alarms, changing a filter, getting the car ready for snow, packing a cooler for the heat. Each list below names them with a line on why now, and a box to tick that is saved in this browser. They are free. Every skill is also on the master list, and the guides pull them together.
Winter11 skills. Cold snaps, short days and long nights: the season when pipes, heaters, cars and moods need the most care.Spring10 skills. The season for clearing out: papers, filters, lint and closets.Summer10 skills. Travel, heat and storms: the season of long days out.Fall10 skills. Getting ready for winter: benefits, vaccines, filters and drafts.