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Now is a good time to winterize your home. Work outside first, because changes in the weather can force you indoors at any time.

1. Clean the exterior glass. As the weather cools it becomes more difficult to dry the windows because cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air and the glass will streak. You can clean the inside any time of the year.

2. Make sure gutters and downspouts are clean and that runoff water drains at least ...

What's involved in maintaining the cedar shakes that cover my home's exterior?

If you want your cedar to live up to its reputation for longevity and decay resistance, make sure it's treated or stained properly and checked periodically.

Left untreated, cedar shakes - individual planks of one of several varieties of cedar - will discolor and begin to soften, with a possibility of rot after about five years, depending on your climate. ...

All too often these days, if we want to fix a problem in the garden, we reach for something in a bag or bottle. I realize we're all in a hurry, we want a quick fix, and we don't want to overthink the options.

But these solutions are often only temporary, and they can lead to greater problems.

Because we're only addressing the obvious problem, without consideration to the potential consequences, we fail to realize the greater damage over ...