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Dear Helen: The unprotected parts of my garden were ravaged by deer this summer. They ate plants that are on all the 鈥渄eer-resistant鈥� plant lists I have. What to do? K.D. Gardeners in deer country find such lists most amusing.

Dear Tony: Two of our strata council members started a Facebook page in 2016 and it has been nothing but a source of conflict ever since. A good example would be the 鈥減ool incident鈥� this past August.

Dear Reena: Can you tell me how to bake a single pie crust so it doesn鈥檛 shrink in the pie plate while baking? I make lemon pies, but my crusts disappear down the sides of the pan.

Roused from sleep in the wee hours of the morning, I wondered what was causing the strange rustling noise that had wakened me. Could it be? It was.

Dear Debbie: We have a nice old hand-me-down chest of drawers from my grandmother and were thinking of putting it in our bathroom. What do we need to do to reconfigure it to hold a sink? I would like to use a vessel sink. Anon.

Dear Tony: Our recent annual general meeting lasted only 20 minutes before the owners engaged in a massive confrontation with the president of our council.

Dear Helen: As a new arrival to the Island from the prairies, I鈥檓 keen to try a few containers planted with flowers and other ornamentals that will stay looking good over the winter. What plants would you suggest? W.P.

It鈥檚 the time of year when our sense of design begins to switch over from lightweight, airy and cool to rooms with a little more texture and warmth.

Dear Reena: I love your natural, non-chemical solutions.

Early in the summer, I began looking for a small steamer pot to use in place of my big steamer/pasta cooker when I wanted to steam-cook just a few vegetables for dinner.