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6 Plastic Items You Didn't Know Can't Be Recycled Learn how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number, and find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin.

Prevent a Stinky Garbage with This Easy 4-Step Routine from a Cleaning Editor No one likes a stinky garbage, especially houseguests. Use our cleaning editor’s best advice to prevent these odors in the first place.

8 Harmful Weeds You Should Never Touch with Bare Skin These harmful weeds can pop up on gardens. Find out how to identify them and where they tend to grow so you can avoid their toxins that damage skin.

Knowing Your Area’s First Average Frost Date Will Help You Prep (and Protect) Your Garden—Here’s Everything You Need to Know Knowing when to expect that average first frost date can help minimize the damage the chill can do to your plants.

Your Home's Humidity Level Might Be Too High: 15 Easy Ways to Lower It From musty odors to health issues caused by mold and mildew, high humidity levels in the home are a problem. Here's how to lower your house's humidity level today.

12 Things You Need to Toss from Your Basement ASAP Don’t waste this extra bit of real estate by letting stuff pile up. Take back your basement by letting go of these common clutter culprits.

How to Use a Bug Bomb in Your Home, Plus Essential Safety Tips to Follow Learn whether a bug bomb is the proper pest control method for your home along with expert safety tips from the pros.

Are Starter Homes Still a Thing? Homes are larger—and more expensive—now. What does that mean for the starter home? For this installment of Ask an Agent, we asked a real estate agent for her two cents.

I’m Buying My First Home—Chip Gaines Gave Me His 5 Best House-Hunting Tips House hunt with confidence by following these expert tips from Chip Gaines.

5 Things You Should Always Do in a Power Outage (Plus 4 You Can Do to Prep) While you can't control when a power outage strikes, you can prepare accordingly. Here's a checklist of how to prep your home for power outages.

Is Wood Ash Actually Good for Your Garden? 5 Tips to Use the Fertilizer Safely to Protect Your Plants Discover if wood ash is good for the garden, learn about its potential advantages and risks, and find out how to use it effectively to fertilize plants.

Tired of Fixing a Fading and Peeling Deck? Here's How to Prevent Both No matter the material, all decks are susceptible to damage from the elements. Save yourself from future work, money, and headaches with these preventative steps.