QUESTION: We recently had a new home built that includes a large screened-in patio with concrete pavers on the floor.
After almost four months, there are still a lot of ...
Using right type of wood crucial
Visitors always admired the entrance gate to my vegetable garden, more than I ever did.
Built from cedar branches, it did have rustic ch...
Campfire now hot commodity
The search for the perfect rusty orange coleus may have ended with a hot new selection called Campfire. It is rare when a plant debuts at the S...
Plant creates a monarch habitat
One of the most widely recognized butterflies in North America, the monarch, is disappearing fast. Most of that decline is blamed on chang...
Tips to lower electric bills
It’s time we talked about ways to lower our electric bills.
Offering advice on this point is the National Resource Defense Council.
Homeowner...
Projects help kids learn, enjoy outdoors
Summertime gardening is good for kids out of school and with time to spend outdoors.
“Gardening builds healthy bodies,” says Heat...
I stopped to stare at some buckets of flowers at a recent farmers’ market. The white flowers, their throats speckled purple and yellow and grouped together on stalks lik...
QUESTION: Late last summer, we developed what looks like light grease stains on a portion of our vinyl siding in the rear of house. I have tried numerous treatments ...
Regina Greenwald of Slippery Rock said her father was active in politics throughout his life and taught her how to see both sides of an argument.
“You need to see many s...
Goal is always be there for her
Chance Kelosky always planned on having a family. He was used to working with children. He thought he knew what to expect.
And then Jocely...
