Farewell, fellow gardener. After almost 30 years of sharing my gardening experience, expertise, and enthusiasm in columns for The Associated Press, I’ve decided to focus my time and energy in other directions. Thanks for joining me as, according to the seasons, I selected tomato varieties ...
NEW YORK — Thanks to the vaccine, more people are coming together this holiday season. But not everyone feels comfortable congregating in large groups just yet. If you’re planning a small party for your pod instead, or even want to have fun as just one, there are ways to stay ...
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose for the third straight month in November, reflecting strong demand, low mortgage rates and intense competition for a relatively few number of properties on the market. Existing homes sales rose 1.9% last month from October to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 6.46 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. That’s the fastest pace since January, but below the 6.51 million units that economists had been expecting, according to FactSet. Sales fell 2% from November last year, when they surged as buyers who had ...
Why are many of us still drawn to paper calendars in this digital age? Karen Hernandez, senior product manager at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, has theories. First, we can feel “more intimately tied to our plans, and get increased joy out of organizing our to-dos, when we can ...
Most herbs don’t thrive on winter windowsills. Two do. Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air and relatively low light ...
Q: How can I protect myself from the new omicron variant? ---------------- A: The same way you guard against COVID-19 caused by any other variant: Get vaccinated if you haven’t yet, get a booster if you’re eligible and step up other precautions you may have relaxed, like wearing a mask and avoiding crowds. For all the attention omicron is getting, the overwhelming cause of infections and deaths in many places remains the extra-contagious delta variant. “Delta is the real risk right now. Omicron is an uncertain threat,” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National ...
