With summer - and the holiday weekend - upon us, there has never been a better time to brush up on your backyarding skills. You know - all of the many ways that you take your indoor life, outside into the green space around you.

Backyarding has a different purpose for each of us. Identifying yours is the first step to creating the yard of your dreams. Find out more about the backyarding personality types with this TurfMutt infographic.

For more information, sign up for Mutt Mail, a monthly e-newsletter with backyarding tips and all the news from the TurfMutt Foundation here. To learn more about creating the yard of your dreams, visit TurfMutt.com. Look for Mulligan the TurfMutt on the CBS Lucky Dog television show. Here is a link to download the International Backyarding Fact Book, to learn why spending time in our yards and community parks is good for us…and the planet.