Home and Garden
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No need for a vegetable garden to grow vegetablesApr 28, 2019 7:00 am - Space-challenged gardeners without room for gardens designated solely for growing vegetables need only look as far as their perennial borders. Many vegetable plants flau...
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Lengthy, windy winter may have damaged your evergreensApr 28, 2019 7:00 am - The winter damage to evergreens continues to become more visible in gardens and the damage may continue to worsen once there is an extended period of warm weather. Your...
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Greasy food is no good for a worm binApr 28, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I followed your advice and started a worm bin. But I am having problems with the bin smelling, attracting fruit flies and the worms are climbing the sides of the bin....
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Why is shower losing water pressure in new home?Apr 28, 2019 6:00 am - Q. We just purchased a new home, and there has been an annoying problem with the plumbing system. Whenever we flush the toilet or use the laundry while taking a shower, ...
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Five tools gardening experts can't live withoutApr 27, 2019 7:00 am - Kelly Smith Trimble, editorial director of HGTV.com and author of "Vegetable Gardening Wisdom: Daily Advice and Inspiration for Getting the Most from Your Garden," has a...
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Your file cabinet doesn't have to be an eyesoreApr 27, 2019 7:00 am - Confession: When I was a teenager, I asked for a four-drawer black file cabinet for my birthday. There's just something alluring about putting order to your paper, as if...
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Elements provide inspiration at Architectural Digest showApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Intrepid visitors to the Architectural Digest Design Show last month braved lashings of chilly rain to get there. But inside, the elements were the source of ...
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Family can take over mortgage when father diesApr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I have a 30-year fixed mortgage with about 20 years left and a balance of around $200,000 still on my home. My grown son (and executor of my estate) lives with me, pa...
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How Nest, designed to keep intruders out of people's homes, effectively allowed hackers to get in
Apr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Tara Thomas thought her daughter was just having nightmares. “There's a monster in my room,” the almost-3-year-old would say, sometimes pointing to the green light on th...
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5 herbs to know and growApr 26, 2019 6:00 am - April is the month to plant herbs — in pots, in raised beds, in designated herb gardens — and, like spring itself, these aromatic jewels speak to the promise of the grow...