While people dont eat houseplants and rarely munch on shrubs or ground cover, your pets probably do. Snap a pic, and have the app identify it. Some of these apps will also tell you if plants are toxic to pets. If they dont, you gotta use a database to do a little digging. Toxic plants can do harm in all kinds of waysthrough surface contact or inhalation. Just being around them can be bad for your pet, even if theyre not likely to chew....

Everyone can be scammed. Andhiring contractorscan be afraught, stressful process. Either way, theyget to workand tear up your existing driveway. Why its easy to fall for:Its just so … brazen. Once you do, they walk away and never return. Why its easy to fall for:Time pressure is acommon psychological trickused by scammers. They tell you that they will get your insurer to cover the project; justlet them handle it. The contract you sign with the lender actually takes out ahome equity loanon the houseand the contractor vanishes....

(For about 30 dollars more, you’re able to get afully extendable stick vacuum.) Pairing the robot to the Ecovacs app was also fast and streamlined. Theyre easy to click off, but still, its an annoying distraction. Unlike other robots in this price range, the T30S lacks onboard video. you’ve got the option to simply drive it over to you. Its a great way to quickly deal with a spill. A better mop than vacuum Every household produces different kinds of detritus....

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - Stuff found at Ulta or Sephora, for example. Blue category - Words for a sticky situation. Purple category - These things are all quantified in different ways, but with the same word....

For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle! Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle. What is the spangram in todays Strands?...

And while beef Wellington is a scrumptious and impressive centerpiece, frankly, it’s murder on my wallet. That’s because the tenderloin that runs through the center carries a hefty price tag. In that spirit, Id like to encourage you to Wellington anything you damn well just. What is beef Wellington? Its baked until gloriously crisp and browned. When you slice into it, youre rewarded with many concentric layers of rich, umami-laden treats....

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - If you wanted to get away from the big city, you might venture here. Blue category - Things to decorate the outdoor areas of a home, perhaps cheesily....

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - If you cast a line, you might get one of these. Blue category - Words you might hear in an Herbal Essences commercial, for example....

For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Hint for the spangram in todays Strands puzzle Todays spangram is two words. BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle! Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle....

When it comes to cloud storage, there are a lot of options to pick from. But over the past couple of years, some enticing new contenders have entered the ring. Heres how the two compare. Its easy to write Proton off because of that missing 10GB, but the competitor does have strengths elsewhere. Both services also offer more premium storage options via monthly subscriptions. There are, of course, more expensive options....

Most of us stream the vast majority of our music, but sometimes that’s not an option. That’s where downloading songs or music videos for offline listening comes in. Downloading music from YouTube is legal if you pay for YouTube Premium. All other methods to download songs from YouTube are free, but they may not always be legal. Both services allow you to download music from YouTube, plus come with other features such as removing ads....

I somehow missed Girl Scout Cookie season this year. So Im dedicating some time to Girl Scout Cookies, and how to impersonate them, until next year. You might know them as Samoas. (Theyre the same pop in of cookie, just produced by different bakeries.) I decided to impersonate Caramel deLites with a modified shortbread dough. These cookies are fantastic, but understand that they wont give you the same straight-from-the-package flavor....

We eat a lot of ultra-processed food. It’s everywhere, and the cheapest grocery options are often ultra-processed ones. So what counts as ultra-processed food? Let’s dig in, and maybe question a few assumptions along the way. Are ultra-processed foodsalwaysbad, or are they just a category thatincludesa lot of food we should eat less of? How are ultra-processed foods defined? Foods in this category can be processed in ways that dont add extra ingredients....