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Stock up on these everyday essentials from the 2022 Amazon Prime Early Access Sale

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Amazon Prime Early Access Sale for the putterer: best garden and yard care picks

An unmowed lawn with one dandelion

Why you can stop mowing the lawn

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24 things you can do at home this long weekend that you’d do at the cottage

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Different tools lies near blank paper notebook on blue desk in workshop, chores

Doing this one thing will make future chores so much easier

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Set of tools on cork panel background with notepad

6 chores to get done by Labour Day

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How to avoid common injuries while doing chores at the cottage

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Person shovelling snow with a red shovel.

Shovelling snow associated with elevated risk of heart attack in men

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Person cutting garlic clove on a wooden cutting board.

Avoid nasty bacteria by giving your cutting board some TLC

Close-up of someone shovelling snow from their driveway with a black shovel.

Burlington teen uses hoverboard to shovel drive, exert minimal effort

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Low-angle shot of a person using a red rake to rake a pile of leaves.

This genius just reinvented the chore of raking leaves

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Close-up of a person wearing work gloves and cleaning the leaves from an eavestrough.

Last-minute projects to finish before the snow hits

Close-up of a person splitting firewood.

10 tips for splitting and storing firewood like a pro

Low angle view of a person raking a pile of orange leaves.

How to prepare your cottage garden for fall

5 fall chores that will make your life easier in spring

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Close-up of an axe chopping a wood stump.

7 tedious chores to take care of for dad this Father’s Day

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