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The Weekend Vinyl Plank Floor That Still Looks Right in Year Five

Most of this job happens before you click the first plank together. Skip that part and the floor tells on you by August.

GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Gardening After Sixty Without Wrecking Your Back

Build the bed at the right height, buy one kneeler that won't fold, and stop hauling water. The rest is just showing up.

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GuideFoodDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

The knife, the pan and the board you actually need

Most kitchen gear is dead weight. Three tools, chosen properly and looked after, will cook nearly everything you'll ever cook at home.

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How to hang heavy things so they never come down

Studs, toggles, cleats and the four mistakes that put a mirror on the floor at two in the morning.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideGarden & YardDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

A snapped shovel handle in frozen clay costs more than the shovel did. Which tools earn a lifetime purchase, and which ones you should buy cheap on purpose.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Sharpening a kitchen knife without wrecking it

Most home knives aren't dull, they're bent. Knowing the difference, and learning to feel for the burr, is the whole skill.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The paint job that still looks right in three years

Most rooms don't fail because of the paint. They fail at the caulk line, the patch you didn't prime, and the coat you called good enough.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Put Drip Irrigation in Your Vegetable Garden This Weekend

Two days, a hose bib, and about $150 buys you a garden that waters itself all summer. The parts nobody tells you about are the ones that matter.

GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Five house repairs you should stop paying someone else to do

A running toilet, a blocked sink, a hole in the wall, a dead switch, failing caulk — all of them are an evening's work with tools you already own.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Ten tools that cover ninety percent of household repairs

Most jobs around a house fail for want of the right tool, not the right skill. This is the short list that handles nearly all of them.

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GuideCountry BroDean Shaw3 Oct 20267 min

Set up the block so your worst swing hits wood, not your shin

Most splitting injuries are decided before the maul leaves the ground. Get the block, the stance and the wedge right, and a bad swing costs you nothing.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?