Add these plants to summer containers on your patio or porch so you can sit and enjoy their fragrance. Or, you could grow a few of these annuals together in a cutting garden, then snip the blooms for fresh bouquets and flower arrangements. Each of these plants has a distinct fragrance that will make your garden even more inviting. Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: Up to 2 feet tall Buy It: 50 Heliotrope Seeds ($7, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and well-drained soil Size: Up to 3 feet tall Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 5 feet tall, depending on variety Buy It: ‘Grandiflora’ Flowering Tobacco ($3, Swallowtail Garden Seeds) Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 3 feet tall Buy It: ‘Lemon Swirl’ Four O’Clock Seeds ($3, Select Seeds) Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 12 inches tall Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: Up to 15 feet tall Buy It: Giant White Moonflower Seeds ($5, Burpee) Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and well-drained soil Size: Up to 12 inches tall Buy It: ‘Red Velour’ Petunia Seeds ($6, Park Seed)...

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When you consider a plant in your backyard a weed because you didn’t plant it there, you may decide it should be uprooted and tossed out. But then you’d be missing out on a big opportunity: Many of those untamed plants are not only edible but also delicious and healthy for you. Whether you have a large yard, a raised-bed garden, or even a simpler container garden, chances are you’ll have at least a few of these common plants to choose from....

9 Must-Have Grill Accessories Available at most hardware stores and online retailers, these grill tools start at just $11. Best Fire-Starter: Charcoal Chimney Our Test Kitchen suggests lighting your charcoal with an easy, affordable charcoal grill chimney. One of the best grill tools for charcoal grills, you need only some newspaper, charcoal briquettes, and a grill lighter to get started. See more about how to safely light a charcoal grill if you need a quick refresher....

Among all these predictions and guesses, though, selections from the annual Pinterest Predicts report tend to be right on the mark year after year. (Pinterest says that, over the last three years, 80% of its predictions came true—that’s a pretty stellar record.) Based on global search data on Pinterest over the last two years, Pinterest’s predictions for top 2023 trends offer a data-based glimpse into the future. Read on for the 2023 trends in decor, gardening, and food predicted by Pinterest that we’re most excited about....

Sign up for a free trial now: Audible Premium Plus Membership, $0/month for 30 days. How Does Audible Work? Once you’re in the app, you can browse books in each genre via the “discover” tab. If you see a book you’d like to read later, add the title to your “wishlist.” Each book includes a summary, reviews, information about the narrator, and a sample for you to listen to. Once you select which book you’d like to read, your credit will be applied and the book is moved into your library, which can be organized by genre, author, or collection....

But budgeting can be easier said than done. It can be hard to figure out how to get started, and even harder to stay on track. Maybe you’ve remembered to budget for your kids’ sports registration fees, but not their uniforms—or maybe you’ve budgeted for gas, but not to replace your windshield’s glass when it cracks. That’s where backward budgeting comes in. It’s a technique that economists say is the best way to make a realistic budget....

Carpet tiles come in larger sizes (18x18 and 19.7x19.7) so you can achieve a bold basement flooring design and enjoy the texture and warmth of carpet as added benefits. To create a pattern, draw your floor to scale on graph paper and work out the placement of colors. Start with the stripes across the center of the room and work toward the edges. It’s a good idea to do a test patch first to see how the adhesive performs on your floor....

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When you think cottage-core, you may imagine toile china tea cups, dried flowers, and thick wooden cutting boards carefully strewn across the countertops or perhaps, you think of flowy dresses, puffy sleeves, and bow-tie straps resting atop your collarbones. In which case, you wouldn’t be wrong, but the aesthetic is more than that. Popularized by internet culture, cottage-core represents an idealized version of quaint, country life. The nostalgic aesthetic is a nod to simpler times—you know, when you had to churn your own butter, tend to the chickens, and didn’t have air conditioning....

Why Disco Ball Decor Is Trending Trends in fashion and home decor are often cyclical, and with other ’70s-inspired home decor trends like rattan, velvet furniture, and bold colors making a comeback, it’s no surprise that disco-inspired decor is also having a moment. That said, some experts have reason to believe that the resurgence of disco decor is more than just innocent nostalgia. In the 1970s, disco culture acted as an escape for young people who were surrounded by the immense social and economic pressures of the decade....