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News
Fire Up the Grill
Memorial Day weekend is here and that means getting the grill fired up. We've asked Maryland chefs to share their tips to help you cook up delicious holiday food. William Schroeder, ...
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Patch's House & Home
Blog: How Can An Air Filter Save You $$?
Now that the weather is getting warmer, the countdown is on to making that fateful decision: When do I turn on my air conditioner? This is also the start of the annual ritual of clie...
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News
Five Tips for Perfect Hard-Cooked Easter Eggs
Spring is the season of the egg. The time of year when eggs become essential elements of Passover Seder Plates and the favored booty of the Easter bunny. So it's no surpise area grocery s...
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Patch's House & Home
Graywater: An Untapped Opportunity for Sustainability
I know a guy who lives in an old farmhouse with a well and septic system on five acres near Chesapeake Bay. Shortly after he moved in, he began having problems with his septic system...
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Business
Report: Giant and Safeway to Remove 'Pink Slime' Beef from Stores
Joining other grocery chains, Safeway and Giant, two of Maryland's biggest grocers, announced this week that they will no longer sell "pink slime" beef, The Baltimore Sun reports. Fi...
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Opinion
Living Locally: Milk and Homemade Cheese
"Oh, milkman, milkman," she says, "You can come and live at my house anytime!" As a child, I was always curious about that line from The Patchwork Cat, and intrigued by the illustra...
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News
Five Kitchen Must-Haves: Linens
She shuts the water off and reaches, fingers dripping, for the what isn't there. She thinks it will be wherever hers is -- above, to the right, on the wall, vertical, horizontal. She gla...
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Food
UME Master Gardeners to Offer Free Vegetable Gardening Classes
On Saturday, Feb. 25, Howard County Master Gardeners (MG) will be holding a series of one hour vegetable gardening classes at University of Maryland Extension offices located at 3300 Nort...