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Dear Reena: Every time I store potatoes at my house, within days they start to grow eyes. How can I prevent this? I keep them in my pantry, in a wooden potato box that has onions on the bottom.

If living on your own island seems idyllic but a bit inconvenient, perhaps the perfect compromise would be your own peninsula, surrounded by private beaches and rocky shoreline.

Dear Tony: Our strata council and strata manager have sent the following notice to owners advising the only way we can give notice or request any items from the strata corporation is through the property manager.

Dear Helen: I was admiring a pot full of blooming dwarf daffodils with lovely double flowers on a friend’s deck a few weeks ago. She said they were a double form of Tête à Tête, a dwarf narcissus that I know well.

Dear Reena: I recently moved into a 30-year-old apartment, and the place is filthy. What is the best way to clean a grimy shower head? Lynette Step 1: Scrub the holes with a wet kitchen scrubber.

People who long for a patch of usable ground for growing plants face challenges in this period of housing shortages and density. Lots are typically small and plots in community gardens are often snapped up quickly.

Innovations in design, materials and manufacturing have had a big impact on home decor — outdoors as well as in. Besides advances in durability, there’s now an expansive range of styles that designers can tap in to. Luxury is one of them.

Dear Debbie: Our living room needs a refresh, and I’m struggling with paint colours. (I know you get asked this a lot.) We have bought a white sofa, which is OK now that we are empty nesters.

Dear Helen: How large should containers be for growing tomatoes? C.L. That depends on the kind of tomatoes you wish to grow. The easiest for pots are dwarf, small-fruited varieties like Red Robin, Tiny Tim, and Totem.

Dear Tony: I purchased a condo two years ago before it was constructed. At the time, the price was negotiated at $595,000 and we paid 10 per cent down as a deposit.