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Experts recommend using gel bait, traps or insect sprays to eliminate ants in your home, or call a professional for serious infestations.

Living Smart: How do I get rid of ants?

by Tom Moor Angie’s ListJune 23, 2016

Mickey Rathbun: Preparing fall perennials for pop

by Staff Report June 23, 2016

A large round table beckons diners to stay a while on Lisa Allen Scalise's deck at her Cary, North Carolina home.

Dream deck: Bringing indoor comforts outdoors

by Stacy Chandler The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)June 23, 2016

Countertop installation experts say to avoid seams. You can purchase a slab bigger than the countertop space, budget permitting. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Anderson)

Living Smart: Consider seamless countertops

by Angies List June 16, 2016

In top photo, the antique featherweight sewing machine quilter Kristi Schroeder takes with her when she travels rests on shelves with fabric and quilting books in the one-bedroom apartment she uses as her home, workshop and studio.

This Texas woman’s passion for quilting has taken over her life

by Jamie Knodel The Dallas Morning NewsJune 16, 2016

Mickey Rathbun: Riding the petunia wave

by Staff Report June 16, 2016

Jit Lim—Getty Images/iStockphotoPink Rhododendron plant flowers in bloom during spring season closeup

Mickey Rathbun: Savoring urban oases

by Staff Report June 9, 2016

The leaf of a kirengeshoma, a type of hydrangea, which will have a white flower, in the Hughes’ garden

Peggy Hughes’ roses: A stop on the Forbes Library Garden Tour in Northampton

by Staff Report For the GazetteJune 9, 2016

It's important to maintain electrical safety inside your home and elsewhere. (Photo courtesy Fotolia/TNS)

Your Place: Getting charged up about electrical safety

by Alan J. Heavens The Philadelphia InquirerJune 9, 2016

The red-bellied woodpecker

Woodpecker down: What happens when a bird hits the window?

by Mickey Rathbun For the GazetteJune 7, 2016