Our November days are growing shorter, and if your preparation for the coming months in your garden and yard hasn’t already been completed, a checklist may help. Examining and taking notes or pictures of successes and problems will help next spring, because if you’re like me, details are ...

We bought our house 31 years ago and, as neophyte home buyers, we never thought of looking through the dirt-laden windows into the backyard. When we finally did, the sight was ghastly. The yard dropped off sharply after 20 feet and, to the right, stood a colossal red sewer pipe rising from ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant ...

DEAR ANNIE: I am a high school senior trying to decide where to go to college, and I feel completely torn. My parents have made it very clear that they want me to study business. They both work in finance, and they keep saying that a business degree will “set me up for success.” The ...

DEAR HELOISE: I read your recent column in the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. I’m a walker, not a dog owner. I’ve observed that many dog owners do pick up the doo-doo, but then when they think no one is watching, they drop the bag on someone else’s lawn or in the street. Please take the bag ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an incidental finding was described in the report as “innumerable, tiny noncalcified pulmonary nodules ...