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How do you create a condo that鈥檚 light, bright and full of sparkle, even though its balcony and big windows face east, mostly benefiting from the morning sun? In this case, it鈥檚 done with mirrors, reflective surfaces, big skylights, scores of well-pl

I did not hear much grumbling over the periods of cloudy, damp weather in early July. Memories of last year鈥檚 long, hot drought remained too clearly seared in people鈥檚 minds.

Dear Helen: Are the large white flowers in the enclosed photo a Lactiflora called Jan van Leeuwen? I call them 鈥淜leenex鈥� flowers. L.M. Lactiflora is not the name (genus) of a plant but a descriptive term meaning 鈥渨ith milk-white flowers.

Dear Tony: In order for us to sell our condo, our strata recently forced us to pay $1,500 in fines for an alteration that we did not make to the exterior of our condo; it was made by a previous owner and was not disclosed to us by the strata when we

In the current climate of buy and bulldoze, this one-level Oak Bay bungalow could well have been destined for demolition.

Dear Helen: Can you tell me why my zucchinis grow to a couple of inches in length and then rot? B.I. Dear B.I.: The reason for this disappointing situation is that the flowers were not pollinated.

Dear Tony: Our strata corporation has been contacted by census staff requesting access to our building.

Dear Reena:Julia Child once said, 鈥淭he lid should always be left ajar if potatoes are left in the pot after cooking.鈥� Also, someone said that cabbage should be cooked without a lid on.

Your front hall is perhaps not the first space you think about decorating, but it has an important and very basic job to do, and warrants your attention. This is the entry point into your home.

Sometimes, smaller is better. Fruits and聽vegetables of modest size often have more concentrated amounts of聽minerals and vitamins, and are more intensely flavourful, than larger sizes of the same聽kind.