Author: Kevin Van Paassen

You spend hours babying your heirloom tomatoes and leafy greens, only to wake up and find them chewed to shreds by invasive slugs. You immediately …

You step up to your kitchen sink to rinse out a coffee mug, and suddenly you are blasted by a smell that belongs in a …

Messing around with outdoor wiring is a fast track to draining your wallet and losing your patience. Nobody wants to trip over ugly orange extension …

You step outside with a cold drink, pull up a chair, and suddenly notice an absolute highway of ants marching across your patio stones. You’ve …

You are finally settling into the couch with a cold drink this July weekend, ready to watch the Blue Jays game, and out of nowhere—bap. …

You are tired of dousing yourself in foul-smelling, synthetic aerosols just to enjoy a quiet evening on your own patio. The backyard barbecue is supposed …

You’re standing in the detergent aisle, totally overwhelmed by a massive wall of neon plastic jugs. Every single one of them promises the exact same …

Look up at your ceiling right now. That fan working hard to keep your living room cool is likely hiding a dirty, grey secret on …

You are bleeding cash every single time you turn on the shower or wash a load of laundry. Gas prices are volatile, and grid electricity …

You have walked past that crumbling, overgrown concrete pit at the edge of town a hundred times. It looks like an absolute lost cause to …