TRY THESE TOOLS OUT IN THE KITCHEN

Dear Heloise: Due to my wife’s health, after 68 years, I am now the cook. I find that the most helpful tools for me are pliers, scissors and screwdrivers! I use the screwdriver to open cans with lift tabs. I stick the screwdriver through the tab and push down on the handle.

Pliers can be used to pull open the inner tabs under products with lids. Scissors are good to cut open plastic food bags and cut up leafy items for salads. This sure has made my cooking easy. -- Bill Ault, in San Antonio

SMART PLANTING

Dear Heloise: When I plant a new perennial garden, I save the plant tags and tape them to a large piece of paper to make a chart in the same layout as the garden. I will take a photo of the garden sometime during the summer when everything is in fu

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