Home & Garden

There’s no place like home—especially when it’s in tip-top shape. We’ve rounded up the best cleaning and organizing tricks, affordable decor ideas, DIY hacks, and more. Warning: Once you’ve got everything just the way you want it, you may never want to leave!

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10 Tricks for Cleaning Your Cookware

Remove water spots, keep silverware shining and make sure your finest crystal looks like a million bucks with these no-fail...


5 Amazing Pet Photos by Reader’s Digest Fans

Take a look at five amazing pet pics submitted by Reader's Digest Pets fans just like you!


5 Great Pet Pics Taken by Reader’s Digest Fans

Take a look at five great pet pics submitted by Reader's Digest Pets fans just like you!


5 DIY Secrets to Fixing Common Pet Problems

From digging up the garden to missing the litter box, we've found the do-it-yourself solutions to your most common pet...


5 More Handy Things To Do with Sandwich Bags

From keeping your wallet dry to getting rid of annoying paint lumps, here are five more handy ways to use...


5 Adorable Pet Pics Taken by Reader’s Digest Fans

Take a look at five great pet pics submitted by Reader's Digest Pets fans just like you!


13 Things You Didn’t Know About Being a Canadian

Who says Canada is boring? From a restaurant that serves a toe cocktail to a Prime Minister who consulted...


10 DIY Ways To Tune-Up Your Bike

Skip the bike shop and instead try some of these home remedies for quick bike fixes. From rusted chains to...

13 Things Your Landscaper Won’t Tell You

Increase your home's value and save yourself time, money and frustration with these landscaping tricks of the trade.


5 More Things To Do with Baby Oil

Before you bust out the baby oil make sure to take a look at these practical uses for it around...


5 More Things To Do with Cat Litter

Think kitty litter is best left to the box? Think again. Here are five ways you can put unused kitty...


8 DIY Tips for Caring for Trees and Shrubs

Get your azaleas, roses, trees and shrubs looking fantastic by following these gardener's do-it-yourself tips.


How to Build Fertile Soil

Soils in coastal gardens are usually porous and low in nutrients and it may take a few years to achieve...


How to Manage Weeds in the Garden

Take advantage of modern research in weed biology to manage unwanted weeds without back breaking labour or environmentally unfriendly herbicides.


Bee Balm in the Landscape

If you have a damp spot in the yard, fill it with bee balm. Then, in early summer, feast your...


Tips for Designing a Wildlife Pond

There are several key points for a successful wildlife pond.


Learn About Growing Sweet Peas

The most popular variety of sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, lives up well to its name. Odoratus is Latin for 'well-scented',...

5 More Things to Do With Toothpicks

Keep your oven and phone clean, and make your salad dressing last longer with these handy tips and things to...


4 DIY Home Decor Apps

Imagine gorgeous new interior designs and enjoy fresh decorating advice with these handy home decor apps. 


5 Things To Do with Shoe Bags

Pick them up, pack them and learn how you can use your leftover shoe bags to stay organized around your...


5 Adorable Pup Pics by Reader’s Digest Fans

Take a look at five great pup pics submitted by Reader's Digest Pets fans just like you!


13 Crazy Things Your Pizza Guy Won’t Tell You

Love pizza? Get smart about ordering with these 13 things the pizza guy won't tell you, but wish you...


5 Hidden Household Health Risks

They sit in your home mostly unnoticed, but it doesn't mean they're harmless. Uncover the right time for tossing common...

13 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Weight

Find out what the new wisdom of weight loss science says about diets, fat, genes and what causes...


How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in your Landscape

Mosquitoes were bad enough when they just made you itch. Now that some of them carry the West...


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How to Evaluate a Damaged Lawn

A damaged lawn can be treated with some good old tender, love and care. Here, we'll look at how to...


How to Attract Wildlife to Your Landscape

A mere 100 years ago, the greater portion of our landscape was farmland. There were wood lots, hedgerows, and weedy...


Weed Control in the Landscape: Taking Care of Weed Barriers

Landscaping fabric and other artificial weed barriers are effective alternatives to herbicides, but can cause new problems and still fail...


Improve the Look of Your Backyard Landscape with these 3 Easy Lawn Repair Tips

Most lawns suffer damage at some time or other. Paths that are worn into them, molehills and compacted soil are...