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1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · By JESSICA DAMIANO

   The problem with leaf blowers, and what you can do instead (opens the original)

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   When I was a kid, I used to help my mother clear leaves the old-fashioned way -- with a rake. These days, I don’t see many rakes in my neighborhood. It seems everyone has a leaf blower or a landscaper who uses one, often at ungodly hours, which disrupts humans as well as wildlife. The near-constant cacophony of the contentious contraptions has led many communities around the country to restrict or completely ban gas blowers, which typically are louder than electric or battery-operated models, an

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2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · By JESSICA DAMIANO

   The risks of waiting too long to harvest garden vegetables (opens the original)

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   Harvesting vegetables can be tricky. Pick them too soon and they might not be ripe. But pick too late and you risk losing taste and texture and the fruit itself. Take tomatoes, for instance. Their ripeness is easy to judge by color. But plump, juicy tomatoes might split open on the vine or be devoured by critters. Consider picking tomatoes a few days before they reach their peak and then let them continue to ripen upside-down on the kitchen counter. As long as at least half the tomato is taking

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