Buy It: USimplySeason Za’atar Spice, $6.95, Walmart Test Kitchen Tip: If you like to plan ahead, you can cover and chill this winter chicken breast recipe for two days or freeze for up to three months.
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DIYers take note: Here’s how to make your own pomegranate juice.
Inspirational Mother’s Day Quotes for Mom Share these sweet Mother’s Day quotes with your mom, grandmother, or any other mother you admire. Mother’s Day is a great excuse to thank Mom for all the times she’s inspired you over the years. “If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.” — Patsy Cline “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know....
Enhance a room’s collected character by mixing in gleaming gilded patinas, rough-woven blinds, rugs, baskets, and sleek glass, steel, and leather accents. Then, strategically scatter one vibrant hue from your main fabric (in this case, red) to direct visitors’ eyes to your most remarkable pieces.
Editor’s Note: This treatment is not appropriate for kids’ beds or other rooms where children may sleep. Editor’s Tip: Place a second piece of clean, dry plywood or another heavy object on top of the carpet tiles to weigh them down as the adhesive dries. To care for the headboard, clean with a vacuum attachment to remove dust.
Test Kitchen Tip: Avoid the dreaded avocado hand injury by using our tips for cutting avocados with ease.
1. Keep an Eye on Temperature While your own summer vacation may have had a fixed end date, it’s a little trickier to figure out when that might be for your vacationing houseplants. It depends on the temperature, and specifically the nighttime low temperatures. You’ll want to move your houseplants indoors before night temperatures get below 45°F. Any colder, and you’re likely to see damage, especially on tender new leaves and stem tips....
Start Intensive Planting Beds The surest way to increase the yield from a vegetable garden is to reduce the space between plants. The idea is to plant wide bands, thus reducing the amount of ground devoted to paths. To start an intensive garden, make a bed of any length, but limit its width to 3 to 4 feet across so you can reach the center of the bed from either side....
The good news is that there are many ways to organize the different types of hats you have for every season. As a professional organizer, I’m witness to the many new and brilliant hat storage products introduced to the market each year, as well as the fresh methods conceived by talented organizers. Take a look through these favorite hat storage ideas to get your caps, berets, and beanies organized once and for all....
1. Choose the Right Kind of Hydrangea Only the flowers of bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) can change color. Other types such as oakleaf hydrangeas or smooth hydrangeas such as ‘Annabelle’ only bloom in white or cream. These plants are just as full and beautiful, but if your goal is blue hydrangeas, make sure you’re planting varieties that can turn the shade you want. 2. Choose Blue Varieties Look for hydrangeas that are bred to be blue such as ‘Nikko Blue’, Endless Summer The Original, ‘Penny Mac’, ‘Blauer Prinz’, or Endless Summer Twist-n-Shout....
1. Change your thinking about organizing. Shed the idea that you are either organized or not, that you have it together or you don’t. Organizing is an ongoing practice, which means you’re never fully done. Don’t let the size of your project stop you from getting started. Doing something, even if it’s small, is better than doing nothing. You’ll also need to grant yourself permission to let things go. “Once you decide to let go of an item, you free up physical space in your life, as well as inner clutter, because you never have to concern yourself with it again,” Wolf says....
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Because white is a neutral color, it’s easy to incorporate an artificial white tree into whatever design style and color palette you have in your home. Whether your style tends towards traditional or your space is decked out in farmhouse-style decor, we have plenty of ideas for white Christmas tree decorations. A white tree provides the perfect backdrop for pastel-colored ornaments, rustic woodland-themed decorations, and nostalgic antique-style baubles too. Whatever color theme and ornaments you decide on for your white Christmas tree, there’s one element that’s an absolute must and that’s plenty of bright twinkle lights!...
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Ageratum Care Must-Knows Very often, you can find these tough little plants at your local garden center in multi-packs around springtime. If you’re the type that likes to DIY, you can also start these plants in your house before the first frost-free day (see our Spring Frost Garden Zone Map for more details). Generally, 4 to 6 weeks is plenty of time to establish plants before planting them out. As soon as the frost-free date has passed, plant ageratum outside in well-drained, evenly moist soil....
