Homes

Dear Helen: I marvelled at your account of a Red Lion amaryllis blooming several years in a row. Here’s my story: In the spring, I moved a planter holding six Red Lion amaryllis bulbs outdoors.

Dear Tony: We had our AGM on Saturday, and our property manager ended up chairing our meeting. The manager also did registration, certified proxies and took the minutes.

NEW YORK — Some people love the look of a bookshelf stuffed with books, and what that represents. Others see books as clutter and wonder why anyone owns them in the digital era.

Linda is a passionate gardener, enthusiastic recycler and reuser.

A week with my son at Christmas has re-activated a desire to host more visitors to the garden — not because it’s in any way a “show” garden, but that its broad variety of plants makes it a promising teaching garden.

We all live 24/7 surrounded by various levels of sounds. There are good sounds, such as friendly voices, music we love, gentle raindrops, the rustle of leaves.

PITTSBURGH — Imagine having an unlimited supply of free building material along with lots of ideas on how to use it. Welcome to the wide and wonderful world of pallet furniture.

Dear Tony: We have an owner in our strata who always chairs our annual meeting and is absolutely horrible to our owners.

Dear Dr. Roach: I developed pudendal neuralgia several years ago (confirmed by rectal EMG), and am unable to sit for any length of time. The majority of my pain is in the peri-anal area and into the testicles.

Dear Helen: I noticed with interest your mention of the first seeds to be sown indoors. Could you follow up with a complete sequence of indoor seeding? W.B. Dear W.B.: Here is the schedule I follow.