Tag: Home and garden
Hoe no! Facebook snafu spells trouble for gardening group
Moderating a Facebook gardening group in western New York is not without challenges. There are complaints of wooly bugs, inclement weather and the novice...
Back in Phoenix, back to even: Suns, Bucks ready for Game 5
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns had designs on coming home with a chance to win their first championship.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines step up to help lead a new TV network
NEW YORK — Chip and Joanna Gaines made a name for themselves thanks to their knack for renovating homes. Now they're ready to put...
Weeds aren’t all bad, but do need to be controlled
Eons ago, the first humans learned to drop seeds into the ground to grow plants for food, for beauty and for fiber. We’ve come...
Gardening: Buy or make a rain gauge to get watering right
In my experience, gardeners often overestimate rainfall. A cloudburst might seem to have thoroughly saturated the ground, but scratch down an inch and you...
Palestinians protest against Abbas after activist’s death
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians protested against President Mahmoud Abbas after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem a day after an outspoken...
Pandemic pets are a ‘furry annuity,’ says Petco CEO
NEW YORK — Yummy, a 12-year-old Labrador retriever, is in Petco's San Diego offices so much he has his own title.
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Armani shows off scar from arm fracture in recent fall
MILAN — Giorgio Armani told reporters on Monday that he spent two weeks in the hospital after fracturing his arm in a fall coming...
Reports find US housing crisis worsening; gov’t help needed
NEW YORK — Two studies released Wednesday found that the nation's housing availability and affordability crisis is expected to worsen significantly following the pandemic,...
Gardening: For easy, effective weeding, go back to the hoe
I’ll bet that in some corner of your toolshed or garage, an old hoe is leaning against a wall. A hoe that hasn’t seen...