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Follow these simple tips to prevent an embarrassingly smelly trash can. Grace Cary / Getty Images As a cleaning editor, I've learned that I can scrub my home all day long, but there’s one thing that can ruin the work I did to make my space feel spotless—a stinky garbage. A foul-smelling garbage can spread its odor into every crevice of a room, totally erasing all of my prior cleaning...

Keep your lawn mower blades sharp for optimal lawn care. Getty Images / ollinka Your lawn mower is an essential tool for maintaining the yard, but when the blades start to dull, it won't work as well. When this happens, homeowners need to either sharpen the blades themselves or take them to a local home improvement store that offers blade sharpening services. A lawn mower with dull blades may not...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. Getty Images / Os Tartarouchos No matter how hard we try to implement plastic swaps in our home, it's impossible to eliminate plastic products completely. For the plastic items we can't avoid completely, we try to recycle as many as possible. A common...

When it's too late to cut back hydrangeas depends on the type you have. Here’s how to prune at the best time. Dean Schoeppner Figuring out when to cut back hydrangeas can be confusing, especially because if you prune at the wrong time, you could ruin next year's flower display. So when is it too late to cut back hydrangeas after they flower? The answer comes down to knowing the type of hydrangea...

Housing demand is very seasonal, so the fact that our pending contract data is firming up lately just shows that lower mortgage rates have stabilized and firmed up demand recently.It will likely take mortgage rates to go under 6% and stay there for an extended period to get real sustained demand growth from record-low sales levels.. However, considering the affordability challenges with the housing market,...

Carve a pumpkin that radiates your cosmic personality. Adam Albright Amidst the array of seasonal traditions, there is nothing as quintessentially Halloween as pumpkin carving. This year, rather than turning to your usual classic jack-o'-lanterns, combine your Halloween decor with the stars by carving a pumpkin that radiates your cosmic personality.To help us channel our celestial charm and guide...

If you know when you can expect the first frost of winter, you can prepare your plants accordingly—and even minimize the damage the chill can do.In your garden, you may have all kinds of gorgeous annuals, tropical plants, veggies, and herbs that you'd like to enjoy for as long as possible before the first frost date. Once air temperatures drop to 36°F or below, the leaves of these plants will wither and...

Including an 8-foot skeleton that moves and talks. Walmart Spooky season is upon us, and we’ve got a month to set the scene for trick-or-treaters and monster house parties. Whether your Halloween aesthetic is scary or sweet or like to go all out every holiday or just keep things simple, Walmart’s got loads of decor to get you into the spirit. More ghostly goods are added every day, but...

This alternative to chlorine bleach has plenty of uses around the home, especially in the laundry room. Getty Images / Михаил Руденко You're likely familiar with cleaning with bleach, but you might not know there is actually a gentler, less pungent form of bleach. Oxygen bleach is a laundry and household cleaning product made famous in the early 2000s by OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays,...

This essential task takes only a minute to complete, but it could extend the life of your mower. Getty Images / Catherine Falls Commercial Performing regular maintenance on your lawn equipment will help it last from season to season. Just like your car, your lawn mower occasionally needs maintenance in the form of new spark plugs, an oil change, new tires, and a new air filter. Replacing your...