Home and Garden
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The Land Conservancy of McHenry County opens amateur nature photography contestFeb 03, 2019 10:00 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is accepting photographers for the 2019 Art of the Land Amateur Photography Contest. The contest is open to photographers who mak...
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Repair expert's interesting life a tale to be writtenFeb 03, 2019 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald's intrepid home improvement columnist, Vermont-based Henri de Marne, retired in early January after 47 years of writing his once nationally syndicated c...
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Grandfather's Zippo will light your fireFeb 03, 2019 6:01 am - Q. I have enclosed a photo of a Zippo cigarette lighter that belonged to my grandfather. We found it when going through my grandparents' things after they passed away. I...
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Warm up your green thumb in February with onion seedsFeb 03, 2019 6:00 am - Onion rings, French onion soup, a slice of onion on a hamburger; caramelized onions on steaks, meatloaf or sausage; and the list goes on and on. There are so many ways f...
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Every family requests the same thing: comfortable chairsFeb 03, 2019 6:00 am - Editor's note: Joseph Pubillones is taking some time off. The following column was originally published in 2014. There hasn't been one time in my more than 19 years...
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Make compost to amend your garden soil this springFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - Consider using a free-standing plastic composter to compost in your garden. You can put organic material from the kitchen in the composter during the winter and, because...
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Poppies are tougher than they look and can be sown earlyFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - With seeds as fine as dust and flower petals as delicate as fairy shawls, it might seem that poppies are too fragile to have their seeds sown directly on melting snow or...
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You can compost food scraps in basement binFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - Q. Now that winter is here, I find I no longer enjoy trudging out into the yard to recycle my kitchen scraps in the compost pile. Any suggestions on how I can do this in...
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Apps let everyone help track health of insect populationsFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - More challenging than bird-watching and not nearly as popular, insect-watching — noting and sharing exactly what one sees and where — is nevertheless on the rise. Concer...
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Big brand names on board with reusable containersFeb 03, 2019 5:00 am - A new shopping platform announced recently at the World Economic Forum aims to change the way we buy many brand-name products. “Loop” would do away with disposable conta...