Home and Garden
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Making an electrical problem understandableJan 05, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I've got a problem that's so technical I hope I can explain it clearly. According to the home inspector who checked my house, my electric service panel is used as a "...
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Virtual staging can make houses look too good to be trueJan 05, 2018 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is an update of a column that originally published in August 2010. WASHINGTON - Try to picture this real estate scenario - virtually. Like 90 percent...
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Modern life too much for you? Maybe a tiny box in the woods is the cureJan 05, 2018 5:00 am - To commune with ourselves, we must trek two hours to Stanardsville, a town on the edge of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains whose population has stairstepped down over the...
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What to do when pipes freezeJan 03, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois American Water encourages people to take precautions to the risk of freezing and bursting pipes. When temperatures are consistently at or below freezing:• Allow...
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Why improperly thawing frozen pipes can be dangerousJan 03, 2018 12:00 am - Got frozen pipes due to subzero temperatures and minus-30 wind chills? Put down that blow torch and step away from the plumbing. Suburban residents tempted to thaw out f...
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Pitcher decorated with transferware patternDec 31, 2017 5:01 am - Q. I hope you can give me some information on the pitcher in this photo. I purchased it in Maine in 1973. It stands about 9 inches tall and is decorated with a scene fea...
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Make New Year's resolutions for the gardenDec 31, 2017 5:00 am - It is that time of year again - that time when we reflect on the past and decide what we want to improve, start doing or stop doing in the upcoming year. I am not one to...
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Two flowers you can easily enjoy in winterDec 31, 2017 5:00 am - Q. Can my bulbs like amaryllis and paperwhites bloom in time for the winter holidays? A. Forcing bulbs is not complicated and if you use the right ones, it's just about ...
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Once ice forms on branches, let it melt offDec 31, 2017 5:00 am - There has not been much snow yet this year, but when a storm does finally come, carefully shake snow off plants during heavy, wet storms to minimize damage. Once snow or...
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Year of the Charlie Brown Christmas treeDec 31, 2017 5:00 am - If ever there were a year for the scrawny Christmas tree, this year was it! Even though we were almost a week from Christmas Day when I shopped for a tree, I was shocked...