Home and Garden
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Plant buttonbush in wet landscape areasApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - Not all shrubs flaunt flamboyant blooms or brightly-colored foliage. Instead, they are content to bloom modestly and offer attractive foliage while coming to the rescue ...
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Those bugs have abilities honed over centuriesApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - Q. With these warmer days, I see bugs out already. How did they survive the winter? A. Insects as a class have been around since the Ordovician Age, nearly 500 million y...
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Greek key: Thousands of years old and still in styleApr 08, 2018 6:00 am - On a recent trip to London, I spent a morning wandering the antiquity galleries of the British Museum and was reminded — as I always am — that so many patterns and desig...
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Spring cold snap dictates gardening measuresApr 07, 2018 7:00 am - The cool weather thus far this spring is providing more time for dormant pruning in the garden. When pruning large limbs off trees, it is a good idea to make an undercut...
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The new trend is not being trendyApr 07, 2018 6:00 am - It's spring, a fine time to talk about fresh design ideas. We are in a period that embraces just about anything; there is acceptance for every genre, from vintage to cri...
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How much can you lose if you don't find the best HECM deal?Apr 07, 2018 6:00 am - The best deal on a mortgage is usually defined in terms of the interest rate and origination fee charged the borrower. That was my approach in a previous article on the ...
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Living with a hot-tempered showerheadApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My shower is a pain in the neck; in fact, it's a hot or cold pain in the neck! Every time I use it, I hope no one flushes the toilet or runs the washing machine. If t...
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IRS tightens access to tax details because of identity theftsApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — In an era of unceasing horror stories about breaches of sensitive consumer information, here's some disquieting news for homebuyers: Federal auditors say th...
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Calm, cool and collected decor at Architectural Digest ShowApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The recent Architectural Digest Design Show offered winter-weary attendees a breath of fresh air with many design ideas that were calm, cool and collected. So...
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Shipping container home under construction in St. CharlesApr 04, 2018 11:00 pm - At first glance, a construction site in the neighborhood along Third Street in St. Charles looks as if someone just dumped a bunch of empty shipping containers there bec...