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Herbs and vegetables often need plenty of sunlight and space, which is seldom the case in urban homes and apartments. But we have whipped up a selection of edible plants anyone can grow easily, even in low-lit, compact spaces inside your home. Check it out!

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Climbing plants don’t always need a big pot of soil to thrive – if you have limited space, these specimens will be more than happy to grow in small vases/glasses/bowls of water.

Mattresses are difficult to replace—they’re heavy, awkward to carry, and expensive. Plus, it’s nearly impossible to find one that matches your preferred balance of fluffiness and firmness: Once you have a good mattress that you like, it makes sense that you’d want to keep it around for as long as possible. Fortunately, there are ways to make your mattress last a long time without breaking the bank or taking away from your beauty sleep.

Picking out the right pest repellent among the dizzying array of bottles, sprays, and pellets at the store isn't easy—but there's something you may already have in your kitchen worth testing.

There's perhaps no flower that's inspired more poetry, art, and prose than a rose. From formal rose gardens surrounded by boxwood hedges to cottage gardens overflowing with roses, foxglove, and native flowers, these layered blooms are held up as the star of the garden. They're carefully pruned into formal arrangements and allowed to climb and cascade over charming trellises.

Without a doubt, there is one pot of flowers that is the most colorful on my patio right now. The surprising news is we just recently potted it despite the hot summer heat we're experiencing. I’m in steamy Alabama, with record humidity, so it’s a soupy, sticky, kind of hot here outdoors. Daily watering of many of my plants in the summer heat is simply is a must.

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In 2020, a coffee trend took the internet by storm. If you were online in any way during this era, you'll remember Dalgona coffee, a type of whipped, fluffy iced coffee that, once mixed with milk, creates a creamy, decadent drink perfect for summer. And now, four years later, there's a new trick to keeping your coffee fluffy and preparing it fast.

If you're into thrift shopping, you may have noticed that, unfortunately, many items come with a musty «thrift store smell» that can be seemingly difficult to erase. However, it turns out that deodorizing your finds is easier than you may have thought.

It’s late-July and we’re officially HOT. And so are our gardens. Now is the time that we start to truly sit up and take notice of the plants that seem to be gliding through summer’s worst without skipping a beat. Today’s episode pays tribute to all those perennials and shrubs that take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’. We found some stars that thrive in heat, lean soil, and even some selections for the most dreaded of conditions: dry shade. If these plants do well in awful situations, think how much better they might do in slightly better ones?   

Rubbing alcohol can be an effective insecticide and herbicide, but it's indiscriminate in that it kills both weeds and any plants you want to keep alive.