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Dear Reena : When purchasing eggs for a baking recipe, does it matter what size eggs I use? Randy Great question. Most recipes are calibrated with large size eggs.

Dear Helen: Do you put lime on your compost heaps as you add layers of plant materials to them? C.D. I don’t use lime on building compost heaps.

Dear Tony: I am a council member of a new highrise building in Metro Vancouver that was completed in 2017.

NEW YORK — This month’s Architectural Digest Design Show offered winter-weary attendees a breath of fresh air with many design ideas that were calm, cool and collected.

North Americans spend billions of dollars a year on furniture, but they’re often not getting what they paid for. A big part of the problem is misleading labels, experts say.

DES MOINES, Washington — Poor Puget Sound. There it sat, off the sloping Des Moines shoreline, all shimmery and scenic and beckoning — but for decades, no one really gave a rip.

Each time I visit my closest garden centre, I gravitate toward the cheery displays of children’s gardening gear — brightly coloured tools and watering cans, decorated gloves — and I think of young families planning a garden together in the spring.

Dear Reena: Many of the jackets and suits that I buy are sold with an extra button.

Hong Kong’s notoriously expensive housing makes owning an affordable home a pipe dream for many residents.

Ithink it’s great when people follow their dreams, building bit by bit, until they have accomplished their goals. It could be a love for fine art in its many forms, or mastering the skills it takes to produce glorious cuisine.