Home & Living

If you only grow one vegetable this year, it should be rhubarb. Why? It’s so easy to learn how to grow rhubarb, because there’s so little you need to do! Once rhubarb is established in your garden or landscape, the plants come back for years. They need very little maintenance, and best of all? Every spring will begin...

Nothing makes me feel more like I have my life together than those weeks when our fridge is stocked with our favorite healthy snacks for kids to bring to school. A little prep time over the weekend is well worth the saved time and mental energy throughout the week. And having all of our kids’ snacks planned and prepped...

Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, getting groceries can feel like a part-time job. And with the CDC’s recommendation of face coverings in public to prevent coronavirus spread, you may feel safer opting for a delivery service than going to the supermarket. Pre-pandemic, grocery delivery services were seen as an indulgence, but now they’re essential for many people.“Anyone who is a...

COVID-19 has affected a lot of holiday celebrations this year. The pandemic has already changed annual traditions like Oktoberfest, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and even New York City’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration.The latest glitch in our usual holiday plans involves Santa not being able to land his sleigh on top of Macy’s. That’s right, Santa Claus...

You enter Target with a couple things on your list: paper towels and shampoo. The next thing you know, two hours have passed, your cart is completely full and the cashier just told you your bill is over $200. We’ve all had this shopping experience before. What happened? Lack of self-control? Temporary insanity? Oddly enough, the size of...

Bringing back nostalgia-inducing movie franchises and retro-inspired styles is a predictable occurrence in the modern world. But there’s one vintage home trend that’s recently had a more unexpected comeback: the conversation pit.Conversation pits, which are essentially hollowed out and plushly furnished spaces in the floor made specifically for relaxing and, well, conversing, first became a major architectural trend...

Having a barrage of plastic bags fly out of your cabinet every time you open it can be downright maddening. Put an end to the madness and make yourself a plastic bag organizer. Here are 10 styles you can choose from.Looking to recycle plastic bags? Here’s how you can.Sleeve PouchThose sleeve pouches that you buy at the store...

Robot vacuums, like the Roomba, are perfect for anyone who wants to spend less time vacuuming. (That’s all of us, right?)The first robot vacuums came on the scene in the mid-1990s. However, they never took off thanks to high costs and poor functionality.Everything changed in 2002 with the debut of Roomba by iRobot. In addition to featuring a spinning...

When summer finally arrives, we are all about all the icy, slushy, frosty treats we can find—including snow cones. Now, you might think that snow cones are a treat only found at fairs and carnivals, but making your own at home is pretty easy. And once you master your snow cone-making technique, you’re going to want to have...

There are already one too many items crawling with germs in your home, besides your sponge. And dropping your reusable bag on the counter adds more to the mix.So please, stop putting your reusable bags on the kitchen counter. There’s research proving it’s worth avoiding, according to Sorana Segal-Maurer, MD, the director of the Dr. James J. Rahal Jr...