Key Points Not planting tomatoes before Memorial Day was the best gardening tip I ever received. Staking and pruning tomatoes are key elements to tomato care. Mulching vegetables, working around seasonal pests, watering new plants daily, and selecting native species are tips I wish I’d been given as a beginner. Twenty years ago, when I…
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We needed a plumber recently, and during the four hours he was on the job, he spent well over an hour on his phone for non-work-related calls. More and more, it seems that hourly workers (tradespeople, home health aides, etc.) are taking personal calls, texting and checking social media during their time…
The retired Charlottesville plumber recently convicted of raping a neighbor received a stack of written testimonials and loads of vocal praise from friends and family last Thursday, but it was not enough to stave off a decadelong jail sentence. Circuit Judge Claude Worrell ruled that 69-year-old Gary David Morris must serve 10 years of the…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas City homeowner now has a porta potty outside of her suburban home because she’s having such a tough time getting repairs. She blames her neighbor. It’s a complicated project involving aging water lines and zero help from the city or water department because the pipes in question run…
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission spokesperson has responded to concerns over a deer that was euthanized in Palm Coast, following a report of an attack. FWC officers and Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the area of Cool Water Court. According to sheriff’s office dispatch notes, a man was…
