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Dear Reena: Can you please tell me the difference between sea and kosher salt? Several recipes call for kosher salt, but I never have any on hand.

Over the years of managing a large garden and meeting writing deadlines, I’ve found the poem Leisure by W.H. Davies often coming to mind as I scurried about outdoors or worked at my desk.

Dear Helen: We are back on Vancouver Island after more than a decade away.

Dear Tony: Our strata council has been advised by our property manager to pay for a water-escape claim to our building, rather than file an insurance claim to avoid an increase in our insurance costs and deductible costs.

Dear Reena: Can you recommend an eyeglass cleaner and type of cloth to use? Thanks, Arnie Here is a wonderful eyeglass cleaner recommended to me by an optician: Fill a spray bottle three-quarters full of rubbing alcohol and one-quarter with water.

Dear Debbie: This summer, we want to reinvent our large property that backs onto a lake to accommodate more outdoor entertaining. A traditional setting with a modern edge is what we like. Any ideas are appreciated. Thank you.

One of the finest things my father did for me — apart from providing me with an education and a kindly tolerance of my life missteps — was to keep me supplied through my childhood with books that he found in Victoria’s second-hand book stores.

Couple went house-hunting online and found their way to a striking new dwelling that oozes sustainability

Dear Helen: This spring, in our Garry oak meadow, there have been what looked like large numbers of little black bits like coffee grounds falling from the oaks. What were they? Could they be coming from the green worms hanging from the trees? M.H.

Dear Tony: Our strata council has dragged its owners into trouble over a roofing contract that has gone poorly.