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Health and Wellness: Three newborn health risks everyone needs to know about

About a quarter of parents have low confidence in their ability to care for their baby two months postpartum, found a 2018 study in Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. All too aware of what can go wrong, new parents often find themselves second-guessing their every choice. As a father of ...

Garden Help Desk: Saving seeds and protecting trees

I bought more seed packages than I ended up using this spring. Will they stay good and store better in airtight food sealer bags? How long can I keep them in the bags? Your seeds should probably be fine in a food sealer bag but that’s probably not necessary unless you’re planning to ...

Savvy Senior: Simple and inexpensive final farewells

Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are looking for the simplest and least expensive way to dispose of our bodies when we die. We hate the idea of wasting a lot of money on high-priced funerals and would like some advice on some simple and cheap send-offs. — Simple Seniors Dear ...

Garden Help Desk: Suckers! How to care for damaged trees with new growths

Question: I have a young sycamore tree. I planted it a few years ago and this year it has sycamore scale. At this point, the leaves are falling off and the tree is sending up growths from the bottom. Any advice on how I should treat this? Do I let the growths continue so that the tree has ...

Garden Help Desk: There’s no dearth of tips for watering during a drought

You’ve heard about the drought, right? The Intermountain West is in the middle of a long, difficult drought, and we can’t continue to tell ourselves things will be better if we can just get a little rain.Landscape watering uses about 60% of our residential water supply. Making changes now ...

Garden Help Desk: With careful watering, landscaping can remain healthy

You’ve heard about the drought, right? The Intermountain West is in the middle of a long, difficult drought and we can’t continue to tell ourselves things will be better if we can just get a little rain. Landscape watering uses about 60% of our residential water supply. Making changes now ...