All summer, your hens have been keeping the egg basket full. Then fall arrives, and suddenly you're finding one egg...

It usually starts with the first stretch of genuinely cold weather. You walk across the living room, reach for a...

You leave the house on a chilly morning feeling perfectly fine. Ten steps later, your nose is running. It happens...

You may notice it first beneath the bird feeder rather than on it. A small gray bird hops through the...

Two houses on the same street could head into this winter with very different heating costs. A home heated with...

Before Your Backyard Pond Freezes, Do These Things Now The first hard freeze can expose every fall pond chore you...

The first genuinely cold morning of fall can bring an unwelcome surprise before you even leave the driveway: the tire-pressure...

The first frost changes how the yard feels. Mosquitoes are mostly gone. The grass has slowed down. You’re outside in...

Many people take down their bird feeders when fall arrives because they worry birds won't migrate. But that's usually unnecessary. Here's when to keep feeding—and the few times your feeders really should come down.

You may never see the mouse. Usually, the first clue is something less dramatic: a few droppings in the back...