Why would you ever buy frozen all-fruit popsicles when they take about a minute to make from scratch. Terri Brandmueller tells you how.

Cut flowers from the garden or corner store are a fine if conventional way to bring summer indoors, but bedding plants, plentiful everywhere just now, make equally attractive and more novel arrangements.

If you’re crazy about learning but not about the costs of higher education, some of the world’s top universities now offer their courses online—for free.

If unwanted telephone directories go straight to your recycling bag, here’s how to opt out of receiving them.