HOME, GARDEN & SENIOR LIVING

Enjoy this healthy dessert recipe, "Blue Zone Ripple Flan with Berries"
BY GRACE O | May 20, 2024 at 5:37 p.m.

Home Safety for Seniors with Parkinson’s or Other Conditions

How To Create a Safe Home Environment for Older Adults

Boost the Beauty and Comfort of Your Outdoor Spaces

Even simple changes can make a positive impact on the time you spend relaxing and entertaining on your patio, deck, or other outdoor spaces

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Enjoy leeks, the mild-mannered cousins of onions

A mild form of onion, leeks get sweeter when you cook them. You can use them any time a recipe calls for onions or green onions.

Ways to Make Gardening Easier as You Age

"I love to putter around and work in the garden, but my back and knees have caused me to curtail my gardening activities"

Grow Fruit in Containers

Have fun and enjoy picking fresh fruit right outside your door thanks to compact varieties you can grow in containers

Embrace the Cauliflower Craze for a Healthier You

Step aside kale, cauliflower is taking the spotlight as the ultimate health superstar

Choosing a Senior Community That Offers All Levels of Care

I need to downsize from my current house, and I want my next move to be my last

2024 Winning Flowers for Your Garden and Containers

Volunteer judges rate entries based on their improved performance, flavor, disease resistance, and other unique qualities related to their performance in gardens and containers

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Sweet and Simple

Honey, sugar, molasses, sweet fruits, maple syrup or simple syrups can build big, bold flavor so you don’t need, and don’t miss, that extra salt in our diets that is killing one in seven Americans.

Selecting the Right Potting Mix for Your Plantings

There are some things you can do to increase your success and reduce ongoing maintenance

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How to Bake Easy

How can we get the salt out of baked goods?

Taming the Stuff in Your Home

Having too much stuff can impede people from relocating or getting health care into their homes

Spring Garden Cleanup with Pollinators in Mind

As we learn more about the important pollinators, insect-eating toads, songbirds and beneficial insects, the more we realize we need to adjust some of our garden timing and methods

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Bottom of the barrel? Use up your garden harvest

Now it’s getting close to spring, it's time to find new ways to use up excess winter fruits and vegetables.