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Mulch and too much water can harm favorite plants 07/03/2015 08:02am • Gardeners: Un-mulch your poor smothered trees Bruce in Gaithersburg writes: ���What do you think I should do with my American Hornbeam? We���ve had it for four or five years and it was doing great; now there���s a lot of dead wood. Should I prune out the dead parts?��� Bruce attached a photo Insider Tricks to Plan a Cheap Last-Minute Summer Vacation 07/02/2015 11:30am • Did spring come and go before you had a chance to plan a summer vacation? Is looking at friends' fabulous vacation pictures making you dream of your own getaway? Never fear. There's still plenty of time to plan a vacation that satisfies your need to get away without burdening your budget. Check o How to Afford a Last-Minute Summer Vacation 07/01/2015 08:00pm • Just because you haven't yet made plans to go away this summer doesn't mean you should be forced to sit at home for the next two months and watch all of your Facebook friends post photos of themselves on the beach, drinking from real coconuts, garnished with tiny umbrellas and fresh flowers. Even if 9 Tips for Finding an Apartment in Boston 06/30/2015 08:00pm • Apartment hunting is never easy, but it becomes even harder when you live in a big city where rental units are at a premium and thousands of people are vying for the same apartments. That's why, when it comes to apartment hunting in Boston, you have to be fully committed and quick to act -- just not 6 Ways to Increase Your Retirement Rental Income 06/29/2015 08:00pm • A number of the best places in the world to retire are a bargain right now, due to local market factors as well as the strength of the U.S. dollar. If one of these retirement spots appeals to you, this is a window of opportunity to invest in retirement digs of your own at a discount, even if your re 6 Sneaky Summer Expenses to Avoid 06/26/2015 05:00am • Summer is the time kick back, relax and just take things easy for a few months. While this means you may be feeling a little lax with your budget, you don't have to waste those hard-earned dollars on frivolous purchases and expenses that can easily be avoided. Even if you aren't tracking your spendi Your guide to CityCenterDC: Where to eat, shop and relax in D.C.���s new luxury neighborhood 06/25/2015 03:14am • WASHINGTON ��� Over the past few years, CityCenter has been the talk of the town. The downtown development has made headlines for attracting some of the culinary industry���s most famous chefs and the world���s finest designers to the District. Since construction began in 2011, locals have been h How to Get Rid of Your Unwanted Timeshare 06/24/2015 08:00pm • In the glow of the vacation moment, it seems like a wonderful idea: Buy a timeshare so you can return every year to relive the wonderful experience again and again. But years later, when your life has changed and you no longer want to return to the same vacation spot, getting rid of that timeshare 10 High-Profile Stocks Poised for a Comeback 06/23/2015 08:00pm • Summer's as good a time as any to assess slumping stars in the stock market, as even baseball legends aren't immune to a dip in their fortunes. In 1971, Boston Red Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio went 0 for 44 -- that's 44 times at bat without a single hit -- but still managed to make the Baseball Hall An Investor's Guide to Being a Landlord 06/22/2015 08:00pm • For real estate investors who choose to follow a buy-and-hold strategy, owning a portfolio of rental properties is the ultimate dream. And while collecting monthly cash flow from numerous units may be what drives their ambition, there is a gamble involved as well. It's a bet that they can handle a Managing Currency Risks When Retiring Overseas 06/22/2015 08:00pm • If the country where you would like to retire uses a currency other than the U.S. dollar, you need to add currency risk to your list of retirement concerns. Currency exchange fluctuations can affect your retirement income. A retiree living in a foreign country on a fixed income could see his local How to Tell If You Are Ready to Retire 06/21/2015 08:00pm • It can be difficult to know if you are truly ready to walk away from the steady paychecks a job provides. Most people's finances would be improved by another year spent in the workforce, but you also don't want to work for so long that you don't have time to enjoy the things you want to do in retir Why Higher Interest Rates Could Hurt Retirees 06/21/2015 08:00pm • A lot of retirees complain that it's hard to get a reasonable amount of income from their retirement accounts because interest rates are so low. A 10-year Treasury bill pays less than 3 percent interest. The average stock in the S&P 500 yields less than 2 percent. And if you want the safety of a How I Saved Over $1,000 on a Trip to Alaska 06/17/2015 08:00pm • Last November, I went on my first "grownup" vacation, as I like to call it. In other words, I traveled somewhere without my parents, which meant that I paid for everything -- transportation, food, entertainment, you name it. While it initially hurt to spend so much money, as I'm notoriously cheap, What People Never Budget for (But Should) 06/15/2015 08:00pm • Creating a budget can help you stay on top of your finances, but if your budget doesn't include all your expenses (for fun things like a last-minute weekend getaway or not-so-fun things like a surprise car repair bill), then it's not as useful as it could be. U.S. News talked to financial experts t