Aug 02, 2025 | View in Browser

Vaseline sits in your medicine cabinet, untouched for long stretches of time. But you can get so much more out of it with a little creative thinking—and a little guidance on how to use it around the house. We tell you how. That article and more in today's email. 

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• 🌸 Yes, there are flowers that can grow in the shade—and these are our favorite ones

• 🧽 How to clean stove drip pans the right way

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Even if your flowerbed receives only partial sun or no sun, you still can grow flowers that will put your neighbor’s garden in the shade. 

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Banish caked-on food and grimy messes with these two methods for cleaning stove drip pans. 

Though it has long been a medicine-cabinet fixture, household uses for Vaseline—including furniture maintenance and DIY repairs—show that the petroleum jelly deserves a place in your toolbox, too. 

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