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Miracle-Gro plant fertilizer can be a great product for helping your plants grow healthy and strong – but is it safe for your dog when he inevitably starts playing in your garden? Though Miracle-Gro is generally nontoxic, there are some precautions you can take.
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Citronella candles are supposed to be helpful with mosquitos, but are there any downsides to having this candle lit when you're outside in the summer? Here's what you need to know.
Read MoreAn iRobot Roomba cleans your house automatically. However, like any vacuum, some issues will pop up that you need to fix before it can start functioning correctly again.
Read MoreHaving a food dehydrator is wonderful for making homemade chips and crackers, drying nuts, crafting fruit leather, incubating yogurt and even drying flowers for crafts. But before you can start dehydrating, you need to know how the device works. Ronco includes complete instructions for its dehydrators with purchase, but if you accidentally threw away your manual, no need to fear.
Read MoreIf you use sticky traps to catch rodents or insects, the glue from them seems to get everywhere —your skin, hair, furniture and your hardwood floors. Luckily, it's actually pretty easy to remove the glue if you know how. See the best ways to clean sticky trap glue no matter where it gets. Also note, that live traps are a cleaner, more humane option to catch small rodents.
Read MoreYou might know that nonstick cookware contains poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, which can be released during cooking and potentially cause health and environmental issues. But can enameled cookware, like most Dutch ovens, be similarly worrisome? Usually not, as it turns out. However, if the enamel on your pots and pans has begun to chip, you may want to replace them.
Read MoreWith a palette of pure blue, red, yellow, white and black, you can make a whole rainbow of colors, bounded logically by a system called color theory. Isaac Newton created the first color wheel in 1666 in defiance of the then-common and mistaken belief that color was simply a mixture of light and darkness.
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