Fake spider webs are one of those Halloween decorations that seem completely harmless. They’re soft, they’re cheap, they [...]
Most people assume line drying is a warm-weather activity — something you do in July, not January. This assumption is wrong, and it [...]
Can you recycle books? The short answer is yes — but with real caveats that most recycling guides skip over. Whether a book can go [...]
Most recyclables don’t pay. Glass, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic bags — these are materials you recycle because it’s [...]
There’s a saying worth living by: only floss the teeth you want to keep. There’s another one that doesn’t quite rol [...]
Most people quietly accept junk mail as one of life’s minor irritants — sort, recycle, repeat. But the scale of the problem i [...]
Have you noticed that store-bought laundry detergent has gotten expensive? A mid-range bottle runs $15 or more, it comes in single-us [...]
If you’ve ever bought a citronella candle, planted a “mosquito plant” on your patio, or spritzed on a citronella-ba [...]
Mosquitoes are more than an annoyance. They’re one of the most effective disease vectors on the planet, responsible for transmi [...]
In February 2017, Jimmy Carter stood in a field in Plains, Georgia — the same small town where he was born, where he farmed peanuts [...]