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Dear Tony: Our strata council has an owner, who was the past president, who is constantly requesting hearings and demanding to come to council meetings.

Dear Helen: I鈥檝e been admiring tomatoes sold in clusters, on a stem, in local stores. They鈥檙e a little smaller than regular tomatoes, but very attractive.

As July comes to an end, I聽sense a change of direction in the garden: from creating to maintaining, sowing to reaping. Not that planting is over entirely.

MERCER ISLAND, Washington 鈥� 鈥淟eeAnn blew us off,鈥� jokes Chak Cheung, who lives with his wife, Lisa, in a luxuriously livable waterfront home on Seattle鈥檚 Mercer Island.

Dear Debbie: I was recently at a friend鈥檚 dining al fresco. His garden is a tiny perfect oasis of odd plants and herbs he has salvaged from neglected gardens or that were donated by folks who understand his talent for resurrecting growing things.

NEW YORK 鈥� People often ask Japanese tidying queen Marie Kondo what containers they need to achieve her brand of organizational success. They expect her to 鈥渞eveal some hitherto secret storage weapon,鈥� she explains in her popular book.

Dear Reena: Do you have any ideas of a good substitute for sour cream? Helene Dear Helene: Combine four drops of lemon juice with one cup whipped cream. Let sit for 30 minutes. Or use plain or vanilla yogurt, depending on what you are making.

Dear Tony: Our strata council over the past two years has created a bit of a parking fiasco that has now evolved into a full-blown war with owners.

Dear Helen: A few stems on a young clematis vine collapsed, just as flowering had begun. Why, and what should I do? D.L.

Early in the spring, a reader introduced me to a gardening concept I鈥檇 not heard of: 鈥渒eyhole gardening.鈥� She was trying to decide whether to arrange her vegetable garden in boxed raised beds or to experiment with a 鈥渒eyhole鈥� arrangement.