Self-Employed Couples

Running a business together and staying married: roles, money, decisions and leaving work at the door.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Do's & Don'ts: Husbands Do's & Don'ts: Wives Do's & Don'ts: Business Owners

Put the Lawn to Bed Right Before the Ground Freezes

The last fertilizer run of the year does more for your grass than everything you did in June, if you time it to the soil and not the calendar.

GuidePreparednessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Your Emergency Fund and the Cash You Can Actually Reach

When the card readers go down, the guy with twenties in his pocket eats dinner. Here's how to set up both halves of household money readiness.

Ask BRO

Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Gettysburg and the Three Days That Decided a Nation

A cavalry officer decided to buy time on a ridge outside a Pennsylvania farm town, and 51,000 men paid for it.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Garden & Yard6 min read

Start Seeds Indoors and Skip the Garden Center Six-Pack

The calendar math, the gear that actually matters, and the reason your tomato seedlings keep flopping over like wet spaghetti.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Flood Prep Starts Thirty Days Before the Rain

Flood insurance has a waiting period, sandbags have a limit, and a foot of water will float your truck. Sort all three now, while it's dry.

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Moon Race Was a Thriller and Nobody Knew How It Ended

Two weeks before Apollo 11 lifted off, the Soviet moon rocket blew up and took its launch pad with it. Almost nobody in America knew.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideGarden & YardDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

Low-voltage lighting done right costs less than a decent grill, makes the house look twice as expensive, and quietly tells a stranger to keep walking.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuidePreparednessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

What Your Parents Need Before The Next Three-Day Outage

Pills, power, and a phone number written on paper. One Saturday at their house beats a dozen worried calls when the lines are down.

StoryHistoryRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The Habits That Got a Generation Through the Great Depression

Thirty dollars a month, twenty-five of it mailed home. What the 1930s actually taught the people who lived them, hard parts included.

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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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.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuidePreparednessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Build a Family Emergency Plan Your Kids Can Recite

The binder in the closet isn't a plan. Here's how to get every person in your house to the same information without a phone.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

StoryHistoryNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The Pioneer Women Who Wrote It All Down

Cholera, a sod roof that leaked for three days, a birth at the end of the trail, and a hotel built on a ten-dollar biscuit. Their own record, in their own hands.

GuideGarden & YardNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Canning Season Without the Guesswork

Acid level, altitude and a tested recipe decide whether your pantry is food or a hazard. Everything else is preference.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuidePreparednessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Paper Chars at 451 Degrees. Your Safe Should Know That.

A weekend project that turns a lost house into a paperwork inconvenience: what to scan, what to buy, and where the cheap fire safe fails.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

History7 min

D-Day Hour by Hour, From Midnight to Nightfall

Garden & Yard5 min

Your Zucchini Rots Because Nothing Visited the Flower

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

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GuidePreparednessDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Build a Car Emergency Kit That Works in January and July

The $29 pouch from the checkout aisle is mostly bandages and a whistle. Here's what belongs in your trunk, what swaps out by season, and what to check twice a year.