July 30, 2009 RSS feed / House & Home

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Ask the Home Team

This summer, I'm going to do what it takes to prevent another winter of high heat bills. Can you tell me the cheapest way to heat a house? Is it wood? Gas? Oil? If it takes switching to a new heating system, I'll do it. More...

Senior Living

Pain
By SCOTT FUNK

The pain started in my back. I just woke up one morning, started to get out of bed, and screamed. Over the next few days the discomfort moved down through my hip and into my leg. After a week it had gotten so bad I could hardly walk. More...

Home Again

Shifting Baselines
By CHRISTINE BARNES The Northfield News

"Imagine trying to understand the ecology of tropical rainforests by studying environmental changes and interactions among the surviving plants and animals on a vast cattle ranch in the center of a deforested Amazon, More...

What's Cooking

The Super Summer Soup for a hot day By PHYLLIS GREENWAY The Northfield News

Looking for something that is light, good for all and "delish" this is it!. Given to me in 1965 by a new friend from California, I come back to it every summer. More...

Get Rid of the Blues with Blueberries

By LANI DUKE University of Vermont

Do you have the "Blues"? If not, you really need to get them! Blueberries, that is! A small round blue berry, loaded with nutritional power, is waiting to be consumed by you! More...