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Dear Helen: A project I鈥檓聽considering for the spring is the creation of a herbal tea garden, but I鈥檓 not sure what herbs suitable for making tea will grow easily here. A.H.

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I think of it as a neighbourly Saturday, that weekend day this month.

Dear Reena: I am wondering if you have any tips for removing discolouration on the rubber liner just inside the door of a front-loading washing machine. I inherited my parents鈥� washer, and it came with this discolouration.

Dear Debbie: I recently came across a series of three wall hangings at a friend鈥檚 home, and they looked and felt gorgeous. We made these in the 1970s.

Dear Tony: Our strata has discovered a ventilation problem in which the bathroom fans were not connected and simply blew into a wall cavity between two rooms in our townhouse complex.

Dear Helen: The front garden of a property near mine is covered with tiny flowering cyclamen plants that bloom twice each year. They look like wildflowers. I鈥檇 love to have them in my garden, but I can鈥檛 find them in garden centres. L.V.

The 2017 seed catalogues have begun arriving, with their alluring array of offerings for foodies and flower lovers.

Dear Helen: I鈥檝e heard that it鈥檚 possible to create a plot for planting in areas where there is no currently plantable earth. How is this done, and when is the best time to start such a project? R.M.