How to Successfully Repot Last Year’s Hanging Flower Baskets

Lots of people toss those baskets at that pointbut they are perfectly reusable. Heres how to get year after year of beautiful blooms in your hanging baskets. Second, you cant achieve the same full baskets unless you start now, like basket growers do. Third, you have to know the right blooms to plant for get those really colorful, full looks. Here are all the tricks Ive learned to use. Meanwhile, gorgeous, overbrimming baskets were available at my nursery and grocer....

February 29, 2024 · 2 min · 238 words · Sara Thomas

How to Transfer Data From an Old iPhone to a New One

Fortunately, Apple makes it easy toset up a new phonewhile transferring all your data from the old one. Note: before you kick off, patch your old phone to the latest iOS version. Also, keep your Apple ID and password ready before you pick one of the methods below. It uses wifi to transfer all your data and connect to Apple’s servers. Ensure both devices are next to each other with Bluetooth switched on to initiate the pairing....

February 29, 2024 · 3 min · 615 words · Melissa Gregory

These ‘Pathways to Hope’ Can Improve Your Mental Health

Try a skill you learned in therapy. Even if your therapists suggestion makes your eyes roll, give it a try. Their techniques are usually research-backed. Go out and do something that you are nervous about. It might look likeexposure therapywith a professional orDIYing your own exposure experience. Exposure therapy can be helpful for anxiety, OCD, or PTSD. Talk to understanding people. Do you have someone in your life whom you could count on to be a judgment-free zone?...

February 29, 2024 · 2 min · 396 words · Patricia Richardson

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, February 29, 2024

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 - Strongbox. BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle! Were about to give away some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled....

February 29, 2024 · 3 min · 500 words · Joseph Davis

How to Hide (or Disable) Copilot in Windows 11

But if you want it to be inconspicuous, or perhaps disable it altogether, you might do so. The quickest way to reach the options is from the taskbar itself. tap on an empty area of the taskbar. SelectTaskbar settingsfrom the menu. This directly takes you to thePersonalization > Taskbarscreen in the controls app. Turn off the toggle switch forCopilot (preview)listed under Taskbar items. it’s possible for you to reach the same screen from the controls app....

February 28, 2024 · 2 min · 342 words · Amy White

These Are the Best Kinds of Exercise for Losing Weight

The true part is that your body weight is determined bybothhow much activity you doand how much you eat. you better pay attention to both sides of the equation if you want predictable results. But thats only part of the picture. But is that agoodidea? Those benefits apply whether were losing weight or not. That includes maintaining muscle mass and improving heart health, both of which Ill talk about in a moment....

February 28, 2024 · 2 min · 414 words · Michael Salinas

This Viral Roasted Potato Recipe Tastes Like a Giant French Fry

These might be fighting words, but my least favorite potato is a baked potato. I really dont like them at all. So I was surprised when I encountered thegiant roasted potatofascinating the internet. It puts a different spin on the baked potato, and it actually looks tempting. Tome.And now that I’ve made it, I understand whyits like eating a giant french fry. In my case, that meant air frying it....

February 28, 2024 · 2 min · 247 words · Christopher Kim

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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 - Running and jumping. Blue category - This ones a shoe-in! (Ill show myself out.) Purple category - Twice as nice....

February 28, 2024 · 2 min · 388 words · Anna Lopez

This Is the Best Mozzarella Cheese for Cooking

Mozzarella cheese is a personal favorite, and I dont think Im alone in this regard. The others, however, not so much. Cooking cheeses is never going to stop, and it shouldnt. Where would we be without grilled cheese, lasagna, cheddar omelets, or pizza? Lost in a sad, cheeseless oblivion. I dont want that for anyone, especially not myself. When it comes to widely available types of mozzarella, Im referring to low-moisture, fresh, and burrata....

February 27, 2024 · 2 min · 338 words · Joseph Robinson

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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 - Make these shapes on the floor or the bars. Blue category - Crunchy and delicious. Purple category - Climb on up!...

February 27, 2024 · 3 min · 526 words · Maurice Hunter

How to Choose the Right Soil for Your Garden

Before I became a gardener, the differences among all the soil mixes eluded me. You know the aislestacks of colorful bags with minimal information on them to help you understand the difference. What is soil, anyway? Usually the soil contains clay and/or sand as well as rock particles. Those nutrients need to be in relationship to each other, or the plants have trouble receiving it. If there’s too much sand, the soil will not hold onto enough moisture or nutrients....

February 26, 2024 · 2 min · 334 words · David Cummings

How to Fake a Sourdough Bread

Sourdough bread is one of the most difficult to make, especially for beginners. And, it turns out, adding a bit of vinegar can make for an overall bouncier loaf. Mixing and proofing your dough requires an adept eye to assess when its ready to bake. Im not saying, Why not go out and buy a sourdough loaf? Thats not a low-effort-bread-baking-trick; thats just grocery shopping. (For this measurement, a single loaf recipe has about 14 to 16 ounces of total flour....

February 26, 2024 · 3 min · 429 words · Melissa Jensen

The Best Gluten-free Grocery Store Frozen Pizzas

Gluten-free pizza has come a long way. Not too long ago, the most popular description of the wheatless crust was tastes like cardboard. But now there are multiple brands offering fully assembled frozen pizzas, and guess what? If that was unavailable, then I chose one with toppings. All of the crust ingredients I mention were ascertained from the ingredient list on the packaging. The best pizzas are alphabetical, with a small section at the end for an honorable mention....

February 26, 2024 · 3 min · 570 words · Monica Kelley