My mother-in-law keeps telling me to use banana peels in my garden to help my plants grow. Does this really work?

Dear Heloise: I keep a bar of soap in my shed and scrape my nails with it so that I have soap under my nails. Then I put on my gloves and do yard work this way. When you wash your hands afterward, ...

I enjoy reading your column daily in the Globe Gazette. -- Unscented Linda, via email ...

For our experienced citizens who have acquired hearing aids, they shouldn't just employ them intermittently. They should use them all the time. Hearing aids reroute neural paths in your brain, which ...

How do we get rid of those pesky tiny bugs that fly over our kitchen counter and around our faces? I thought cooler weather would take care of them ...

There are thousands of people who wish desperately for someone to take them shopping or call them a couple of times a week, ...

Do you have any hints for those of us who wash our dishes by hand? I just moved into a tiny house (700 square feet) and don’t ...

Dear Heloise: I hate lavish weddings. They’re usually too loud, too crowded and too expensive. Asking people to pay to see ...

Dear Heloise: The simplest way to boil eggs is to put your eggs in a pan of unheated water, then bring the water to a boil.

Please tell your readers to check if there’s an organization in their area that repurposes A year ago, some volunteers in St.

Jenna, mix equal amounts of white vinegar and warm water -- enough to cover the stemware -- and let it soak. Stubborn spots may need a paste of baking soda or a denture tablet to gently clean any ...

I just read a reader who suggested wearing single-use “rubber” gloves to keep their fingernails clean when gardening.