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By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

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Winter is the perfect time to prepare raised garden beds for spring planting. Learn what to do in winter to have richer soil and fewer pests in raised garden beds.

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"Gather bags, boxes and wrapping into one spot," home organiser Rebecca Crayford recommends. "Keep what you can reuse (as ...