Wondering if you should leave your bird feeder up this winter? Experts say yes—if you can keep it clean and consistent, your ...
There is still time to plant vegetable transplants including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Swiss Chard, mustard greens, ...
As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had ...
Bird feed is all well and good, but sometimes you want to give the backyard birds a different treat or attract a type of bird to your feeder. Enter suet. Particularly good for birds in the fall and ...
Dear Eric: Time to make our Christmas puddings! All my favourite recipes call for suet. Can you give me an accurate measurement if I replace a quarter pound of suet with butter? Isabel Dear Isabel: ...
With November upon us, it’s time to address a certain four-letter word. Many of us find it slightly gross. Others just ignore it. But die-hard backyard birders just can’t offer enough of it. I am ...
DEAR JOAN: I hung up a store-bought sock feeder with black nyjer seed, but the rain seems to have washed away the color on the seeds. They are now beige, and the birds won’t go near it. I see no signs ...
TikTok trends are always good for a laugh, and the latest, the DIY rendering of tallow for skincare, is no exception. Now, I’m very pro-tallow — I’ve been rendering tallow, grinding suet, and cooking ...