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Feeding Six on a Budget Starts With Tomorrow's Lunch

Dinner isn't what breaks a big family's grocery budget. Lunch and snacks are. This full week is built so every supper pays for the next day.

GuideFoodDean Shaw5 Oct 20266 min

Your cast iron is sticky because you used too much oil

Gummy, blotchy, flaking skillet? It's almost never the pan. It's the oil, the heat, or the soak. Fix all three.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar6 Oct 20266 min

Hanging a heavy picture straight on the first try

One frame, two hooks, zero extra holes. The way it really goes, plus the bathroom scale trick nobody mentions.

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Garden & Yard7 min read

Build the Chicken Coop for the Raccoon, Not the Hen

A small backyard flock is a great idea. Just check your city code, wire the coop against what's hungry, and do the honest egg math first.

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GuideFoodNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Your pie crust is tough because you were stingy with the water

Flaky, tender pie crust comes down to cold butter, enough water and less handling. Here's why dough cracks and how to fix it at the counter.

StoryHistoryWes Dunbar4 Oct 20267 min

Before Paul Bunyan Was an Ad, He Was a Few Thousand Real Men

The north woods camps ran on pine, pancakes and nerve. They built the Midwest, nearly burned it down, and left a lesson in how to clean up after yourself.

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GuideGarden & YardWes Dunbar5 Oct 20266 min

Buy the Skinny Fruit Tree and Pick Off the First Apples

The bare-root stick beats the big potted tree with fruit on it. Here's how to choose, space and raise fruit trees through the first three years.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar5 Oct 20266 min

Bake your first sandwich loaf by the dough, not the clock

A soft, sliceable sandwich loaf takes flour, yeast and a free afternoon. The trick is knowing when the dough is ready, whatever the recipe says.

StoryHistoryDean Shaw4 Oct 20267 min

The Wright Brothers Flew for Five Years Before the World Believed It

Kitty Hawk was the easy part. The hard part was the cow pasture, the newspapers that yawned, and the years they chose not to fly at all.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideGarden & YardSam Ortiz5 Oct 20266 min

A Kid's Garden Needs a Win by Week Four

Tomatoes and pumpkins lose kids by July. Radishes, bush beans and one giant sunflower keep them coming back out the door.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar3 Oct 20267 min

Caulk a tub and a window so nobody can tell you did it

A pro-looking caulk line has almost nothing to do with a steady hand. It comes down to what you do before the gun ever comes out.

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale4 Oct 20266 min

The Railway Canada Couldn't Afford and Built Anyway

A young country promised a train to the Pacific, nearly went broke keeping its word, and finished five years early. Not everyone was thanked.

GuideGarden & YardNina Castellan5 Oct 20266 min

Water-Bath Canning Lives or Dies on the Acid

Jam, pickles and tomatoes are the safe starting point for home canning, but only if you get the acid right. Grandma's method won't cover it.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes Dunbar3 Oct 20267 min

Fire Without Matches Is a Tinder Problem, Not a Spark Problem

A ferro rod, a bow drill and a 9-volt battery will all make fire. Only one should be your plan, and none of them work without the boring part.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

History7 min

The Pony Express Went Broke Delivering the Mail on Time

Garden & Yard7 min

Save Tomato and Bean Seed First and Leave the Squash Alone

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar3 Oct 20267 min

Hang a Pre-Hung Door So It Doesn't Drift Open at 2 a.m.

Most bad door installs get decided before the first nail. Diagnose the opening, set the hinge side first, and the latch takes care of itself.

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Wash Day, the Iceman and the Lamp Chimney Nobody Misses

Three machines took apart the American week your great-grandmother lived. The real story of how they got into the kitchen is better than the myth.

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