1. DIY Pumpkin-Spice Room Spray It wouldn’t be fall without its most ubiquitous flavor: pumpkin spice. Skip the latte and opt for a fragrant fall air freshener instead. To make your own pumpkin-spice room spray, gather clove, ginger, orange, cardamom, and cinnamon essential oils. Add a few drops of each to one cup of distilled water and pour the mixture into a spray bottle. Spritz the air freshener around the room as needed for a burst of fall fragrance....

Test Kitchen Tip: Think beyond chips! Use the nacho toppings on french fries, potato tots, sweet potato slices, a bed of lettuce, or even pizza crust. Buy It: Crock-Pot 6-Quart Programmable Cook & Carry Slow Cooker ($50, Target) Buy It: Red Copper Nonstick 5-Piece Deep 10-Inch Square Pan Set ($40, Bed Bath & Beyond)

The BHG 100 event on September 29 featured a slate of panels and conversations with top voices in the home, food, and garden space, including Carla Hall, Katie Lee Biegel, Dave and Jenny Marrs, Carmeon Hamilton, Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan, and many more. On one panel, Carmeon Hamilton of Nubi Interiors (and winner of HGTV’s first season of Design Star: Next Gen), Christiane Lemieux of Lemieux et Cie, Hawa Hassan of BasBaas Somali Foods and In Bibi’s Kitchen, and Nick Cutsumpas of Netflix’s Instant Dream Home discussed how they turned their passions for food, design, and plants into their jobs....

7 Wine Tasting Party Ideas Rather than leaving it up to chance, have guests Venmo/Cash App/Apple Pay for the vino, so you can be deliberate about the selections (and ensure you don’t end up with ten bottles of the same rosé wine … although there could be worse things). Or designate specific wines for guests to bring. Then pick one of the wine-tasting menu themes below to guide your selections....

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Do you love your traditional Christmas dinner but want to try a delicious new menu? Skip the ham or move it to a Christmas Eve meal and experiment with a few new ideas for Christmas Day. You may get some resistance, but with these delicious dishes, the push-back won’t last long. If some family members are on tight budgets, try making a game out of exchanging gifts and filling stockings....

Once you’ve decided on a tile material, it’s time to stretch your creative imagination. Get inspired by our favorite bathroom shower tile ideas to create your own unique escape. 1. Install an accent tile wall inside the shower. Look to the kitchen for bathroom shower tile ideas: Many homeowners use the area behind a range for an intricate mosaic tile showpiece. You can create a similar effect with shower tile....

Better Homes & Gardens is a go-to resource for home ideas, food and recipes for everyday and special occasions, and garden know-how that can’t be rivaled. Our early magazines dealt almost exclusively with garden topics, but as the years—and our name and logo—progressed, we’ve been busy adding to our encyclopedia of home helpers. We built a first-of-its-kind “taste-testing kitchen” in 1928, and by the 1970s, we had over 7 million magazine subscribers....

Harvesting Amaranth Harvest leaves 30-50 days after seeding. Remove individual leaves as needed, or cut the entire plant back to 8 inches from the ground to encourage tender new growth to develop. Harvest seeds for grain 100-110 days after seeding. Bend mature seed heads over a large bowl or bucket, and shake them to catch the many tiny black seeds. You can get a head start on the season by starting seedlings indoors four weeks before the last frost....

2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup ground toasted almonds 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup shortening ¼ cup butter, cut up, or shortening ¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional) ½ cup ice water

1 cup sifted powdered sugar 1 tablespoon milk ¼ teaspoon vanilla

* To weigh dry ingredients, zero the scale after each ingredient is added to the bowl.

⅓ cup peanut butter 1 teaspoon curry powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon ground ginger ⅓ cup water 2 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoon olive oil

Bachelor’s Button Care Must-Knows Bachelor’s buttons are one of the easiest plants to grow from seed. While their ideal soil conditions are sandy loam, these plants tolerate poor soil conditions. Well-drained soil will keep bachelor’s buttons flowers thriving. Avoid wet soil; bachelor’s buttons are prone to rot if roots get too wet. Growing bachelor’s buttons can be as simple as throwing a handful of seeds onto some freshly turned soil. Given their almost weedy nature, it’s easy to see how these plants grow in many gardens....

1 cup pineapple preserves 2 tablespoon lime juice 1 tablespoon snipped fresh cilantro 1 jalapeño or serrano chile pepper, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped* ¼ teaspoon salt * Because chile peppers contain volatile oils that can burn your skin and eyes, avoid direct contact with them as much as possible. When working with chile peppers, wear plastic or rubber gloves. If your bare hands do touch the peppers, wash your hands and nails well with soap and warm water....

5 tablespoon red wine vinegar ¼ cup water 2 tablespoon sugar 4 teaspoon canola oil ½ teaspoon Dijon-style mustard ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 small head red cabbage (1 lb.), leaves cut in 1-inch pieces 1 large green apple (about 8 oz.), halved, cored, and sliced 3 scallions (white and green parts), chopped (about 1/2 cup)