Real Estate Matters: Are home equity investment companies safe?
The reasons some homeowners would consider alternative financing offered by these companies is that homeowners...
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Design Recipes: A case for neutrals
Neutral colors remain one of the biggest design trends. Neutrals can be used to create...
Real Estate Matters: If you have a buyer for your home, do you need a real estate agent?
Once you’ve found a buyer for your home, the two real estate attorneys can get...
Resident believes board president is making questionable governance choices
By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Tribune Content Agency Q: I live in a...
Ask the Builder: How to minimize mildew in your bathroom
Millions of people fight this scourge, and businesses have tried to develop all sorts of...
Ask the Builder: Save substantial money on self-storage
The most shocking thing is the cost to rent a space. Are you sitting down?...
6 easy ways to prevent a kitchen fire on Thanksgiving
With so many more people using cooking equipment on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas,...
Garden Q&A: How do I propagate a camellia?
Mid- to late-summer is suggested as the ideal time to take cuttings so the stems...
Give caterpillars a ‘soft landing’ under your trees. The ecosystem will thank you
“We talk about the importance of (native) trees in creating the caterpillars that drive the...
Garden Q&A: How do I ‘leave the leaves’?
Mowing leaves on a lawn chops them into small pieces that will fall between the...
Ask Angi: How can I prepare my home for holiday gatherings?
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. Between shopping, cooking and corralling...
Ask the Builder: How to minimize mildew in your bathroom
Do you wage a constant war against mold and mildew in your home, especially in...
From errant birdseed to mint mishaps, gardening can be as scary as any Halloween night
Many gardeners have faced unexpected horrors in their yards.
What is an easement, and how do they work?
The owner still has full ownership and rights to the land, but that’s limited by...
Design Recipes: Kitchen features to avoid
While renovations and basic upgrades can help increase buyer appeal, the wrong design choices may...
Don’t let weather stop you: Four things to do in Annapolis, Oct. 31-Nov. 2
It may be cold. It may be gross outside. But here are four good reasons...
Design Recipes: Punch things up with pastels
Pastel colors can provide softness and neutrality to nearly any room of the home. From...
Ask the Builder: Repairing wood rot
Wood rot is a sibling to mold growth. Mold growth requires but three things: a...
Yes, you should be cleaning your books — experts explain why
Routine cleaning will rid your surfaces of any baseline dust that's collected on shelves and...
Garden Q&A: How can I support the local ecosystem?
Keep insects in mind since they comprise a very important and diverse part of the...
How to declutter and get organized
Spring may get all the credit for cleaning, but fall deserves a reset, too.
Real Estate Matters: How to determine if teardown interest exceeds resale value
You’ve already identified the key issue: with eight of 14 homes torn down on your...
3rd Tractor Supply Company may be coming to Harford County
Plans for a third Tractor Supply Company store in Harford County have been proposed.
Garden Q&A: Why are my cherry laurel stems white?
The white material is wax produced by the insects to shield their bodies from the...
Transplanting shrubs: Timing and technique for a thriving garden
You may be itching to move plants around, but proper timing is imperative.
Throwback styles meet modern tech for a retro revival in our living rooms
In the design world, a retro revival is underway.
How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away
Many of the scraps that people throw away from garden vegetables are actually edible.
Garden Q&A: Why do my boxwoods look off-color?
With only one generation per year, this species of fly is in its larval (juvenile)...
As the garden winds down, it’s time to care for winter-prepping birds
Providing sustenance is one of several ways that gardeners can support them.
Four things to do in and around Annapolis this weekend, Oct. 10-12
Another weekend this way comes, and as such, even more things to do are sure...
Garden Q&A: Why are mushrooms appearing in my lawn?
The mushrooms are probably one of the many kinds of harmless fungi that live in...
How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science
These behemoths are especially massive and get center stage at fall festivals and Halloween fairs.
The 'Great Annapolis Pumpkins' return to downtown, carving later this month
This year's selection of great pumpkins, eight gourds ranging from 600 to 1,500 pounds, has...
How to use tech in the garden and still keep your serenity
Gardening tech is evolving to make plant care easier and more efficient.
Four things to do in Annapolis this weekend, Oct. 3-5
Here are four ideas of what you can do this weekend in Annapolis.
Garden Q&A: What fall-blooming perennials can I add to the garden?
Among native perennials, candidates include turtleheads, wingstem, obedient plant, downy lobelia, blue mistflower and lady's...
Foraging revival: How wild food enthusiasts are reconnecting with nature
Some chefs have begun using foraged ingredients in creative dishes.
A look at the best times of day for watering, planting, pruning and other garden tasks
For healthy garden plants, you'll want to perform tasks at specific times of day.
Hot Property: $2.35M Guilford home boasts kitchen fit for a cookbook author
One of the first homes built in Guilford, the stately mansion sits on a rise...
Garden Q&A: What are these bugs on my milkweed?
These true bugs feed on plant juices through a straw-like mouthpart. They cluster around seed...
Move over, green lawns. Drier, warmer climate boosts interest in low-water landscaping
America loves its green lawns.
Daughter carries on legacy of Howard County’s ‘Doug the Fence Guy’ after battle with cancer
Doug Depasse became Howard County's fence guy through his business Fences by Doug. Now after...
Transform your houseplants into art with this Japanese gardening technique
The third week of September is National Houseplant Week.
Brighten winter with indoor blooms by forcing spring bulbs to flower early
Why not bend nature’s schedule to gift ourselves some joy during the bleakness of January?