Category — Home and Garden
Try These Ideas for Eggceptional Easter Eggs!
Add a little pizzazz to your Easter eggs this year with these egg-citing ideas!
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Six Budget-Friendly Home Renovation Tips!
Six sensible strategies for getting the most bang for your home improvement buck!
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Use These As … (Uncommon Uses for Everyday Items)
Lip balm for your nails? Here’s a look at some creative new ways to use items that most of us already have around the house!
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Save Money: Insulate Your Water Heater
Stop washing money down the drain! Learn to insulate your own water heater to save both money and energy!
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Icicles: When Ice Is Not So Nice
Don’t let their good looks deceive you … Icicles can be dangerous!
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Throw a Winning Family Oscar Party!
Recognize your family for the stars they are with this fun family Oscar Party idea!
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A Room of Her Own
This Valentine’s Day, give your sweetheart a place of her own to get away!
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Which Home Heating Fuel is Best?
Should you heat your home with firewood, oil, natural gas, propane, wood pellets, or something else? Get the low-down on various fuel sources, and what each costs over a season of heating.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
