While a clogged toilet is not something you really want to deal with, it may be possible to unclog and clean it by using a ...

Want crispier French fries at home? A simple kitchen trick involves baking soda. Adding baking soda to boiling water alters the potato's surface. This creates a starchier coating for ultimate crunch.

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Dear Heloise: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite the one that was already there on both sets of steps ...

To the average home baker, ingredients can get confusing. Baking is a science, which allows for less improvising with a recipe compared to cooking. Baking powder and baking soda look so similar – even ...

Properly cleaning your dishwasher includes a few simple tasks: cleaning the filter, rinsing out the appliance, and, most ...

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Brandee Gruener is a digital editor and writer with 20 years of experience. Her articles on gardening, homes, food, and health have appeared in Hunker, American Gardener, and other national and ...

Many homes in the U.S. have hard water, meaning most of us are fighting mineral buildup in our bathrooms, whether we realize it or not. But with the right techniques and products, those pesky white ...

Our little house has a smallish kitchen, but thankfully it has a door that opens to a staircase leading to a dry basement, which I’ve turned into a giant pantry. My wife recently questioned why I keep ...

For months, my husband and I couldn’t figure out where the mysterious stains on our clothes were coming from. That was, until I discovered our old washing machine was to blame. By the time we replaced ...