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Thinking of planting a garden this spring? Your harvest may be a bumper crop of better health for your whole family. Here are six reasons why -- and how to get started. Read more

Spring is just about here. Is an economical vegetable garden in your immediate future? Gardening can save money and can be good for your health. But beware of those $64 tomatoes. Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- American consumers regularly purchase everything from electronics to music to plane tickets online. But buying a solar system for your house? That requires research, arranging time for multiple contractors to come out and measure... Read more

Mar. 16--As spring real estate season kicks in and the tax-credit deadline for sale agreements approaches, the government is ending a program that has kept interest rates low and housing-affordability levels high for months. Read more

DEAR MI-LING: I recently dropped by a model home to find inspiration for my design project. The designers did a beautiful job. Read more

ST. LOUIS -- People are eating up the idea of growing their own food. Economic hard times have sent millions of Americans foraging for ways to eat more economically, and they're doing it by growing their own edibles. Read more

One of the best purchases for your kitchen is a refrigerator thermometer. It's a good check on those temperatures that are so crucial for proper food storage. And though the dial on the inside of the fridge may say one thing, you still need to... Read more

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- To say Jim May built his own house doesn't quite do the project justice. Read more

Birdwatching is an addiction that can take over a large chunk of your life -- and your home.

It all starts innocently enough, with a feeder or two, and then spreads; the next thing you Read more

You know what spring cleaning gets you?

Stuff. Lots of stuff to get rid of.

Sure, you can take the usual routes -- hold a garage sale, cart it off to Goodwill, take out a classified ad. Or you can entertain yourself in the process of purging. Read more