Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just beyond the red barn and not far from where Belgian workhorses nibbled on field grass, we sat on straw bales under a clear, ...

As the temperature was sliding into a deep freeze expected to last a couple of weeks, we received a call on the first Saturday in January. It was Daughter No. 3, calling from her house at our family ...

Clogged gutters can lead to basement flooding and foundation damage. A large, old maple tree overhanging the house was removed due to safety concerns. Despite the tree's removal, debris still clogs ...

The washing machine failed in a way that filled the house with acrid smoke. A project to remodel a half bath — including moving the laundry “room” from that space to a second-floor room above it — was ...

Now that you won't need your whole-house air conditioner much more this year (we hope), here's something to think about during the long winter: Your outside unit might be growing a fur coat. I'm ...