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Sep 29, 2026 - Lifestyle

Don’t water based on the month or the season – be led by what the plant is actually doingThe problem Cutting back on watering for winter has become so ingrained that people start rationing by the calendar, giving plants just a fraction of the water they had in summer, because the season changed.The hack The advice to reduce is because, as light levels drop, most houseplants slow their growth, use less water and dry out more slowly, so watering as you did in summer risks waterlogging the roots and causing rot. Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 - Lifestyle

For a long time, oral care was remarkably basic. Brush twice a day, floss when you remembered, add mouthwash if there happened to be a bottle in the bathroom. The routine worked largely because there were only a few products competing for a place beside the sink. But that is changing. Walk through the oral-care […] The post GuruNanda Is Making a More Complete Oral-Care Routine Feel Surprisingly Simple appeared first on Grit Daily News.

Sep 29, 2026 - Lifestyle

If you’ve ever taken a bite of Buldak noodles and immediately followed it with a slurp, a sharp “tss” and an “ahh,” October 1 could be your chance to turn that familiar reaction into a piece of history. On October 1, 2026, from 5:00–6:00 p.m. PDT, Buldak is inviting fans around the world to grab […] The post Buldak Wants Its Fans to Help Make Noodle History appeared first on Grit Daily News.

Sep 29, 2026 - Lifestyle

We tried humane traps, wire wool, hardcore cleaning regimes. Nothing worked. In the end, I wondered if the mice in our house were the real residents, while we were the intrudersSome of the happiest years of my 20s were spent in a house-share in east London. Four of us were crammed into a three-bedroom terrace where the dining room had been turned into a bedroom. My housemates were my closest friends. We were young women with the kind of intense-bordering-on-codependent dynamic that becomes unsustainable later in life, when you have long-term partners, pets and children. We lived together, we went out together, in the summer we took our Argos tent to festivals together. We stayed up late discussing love-life and work dilemmas, often crowding round a phone to draft text messages.We were also not particularly clean, which meant our cluttered, chaotic house was the ideal home for mice. At first we told ourselves it was just one mouse we saw running along next to the skirting board or darting behind a sofa. But a quick scan of the internet confirmed our fears that it’s never just one – mice are social creatures, and they were likely in a nest-share similar to our house-share. A female mouse gives birth to a litter of five to eight mice and can be pregnant up to 10 times a year. We read forum posts that claimed mice were doubly incontinent (something I’ve since learned is fake news), and our horror began to grow. Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 - Lifestyle

A rich and sweet chicken main and a punchy tart to round off the mealDespite the back-to-school, back-to-work vibes of September, I also think it’s a time of celebration. There’s the feeling of new things, with apples, corn, walnuts, squash and mushrooms appearing at the markets, and my garden has finally emerged from its drought-induced slumber, as if coming out of a trance – it is greener, more alive, reawakening. There’s still the odd bit of warm weather in which to play, too, so light up the grill, get creative in the kitchen and dance like it’s June again. Continue reading...