Home and Garden
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Roselle Garden Club to host 2nd annual garden walk June 30Apr 02, 2018 11:00 pm - The Roselle Park District Garden Club proudly announces its second annual Garden Walk on Saturday, June 30. The walk will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will featu...
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Victoria porcelain set fit for a queenApr 01, 2018 7:01 am - Q. Enclosed is a photo of a china canister set. My grandmother purchased the set for $10 from a Chicago neighbor decades ago, possibly in the 1930s or 1940s. She used th...
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Avoid common mistakes in the perennial borderApr 01, 2018 7:00 am - As a new gardening season begins, avoid these common missteps to keep your perennials healthy and your borders beautiful. Gardening mistake No. 1: ...
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Get an early start with cold-loving plantsApr 01, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Which plants love the cold? A. Make no mistake: plants are hardly passive. They make clear demands about the weather conditions they require. Cold season plants thriv...
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Use tile as art to make a hot fireplaceApr 01, 2018 6:00 am - Make a fireplace something spectacular with a new tile facelift. Not one inch of precious space will be sacrificed, yet an entire wall might become a work of art. Tile h...
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Coleus cuttings can be started nowApr 01, 2018 6:00 am - If you have kept a coleus as a houseplant over winter, you can still start cuttings for transplanting to the garden. Use a sharp, clean knife or a pair of pruners to cut...
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The difficulty of color-driven landscapesMar 31, 2018 6:00 am - The most eye-catching part of a garden plant is its flower, and the most captivating element of a bloom is its color. You might think then that designing a garden should...
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Backward books trend can be read two waysMar 31, 2018 6:00 am - Looking for an easy way to organize a messy bookshelf? You might consider turning all the spines backward. Yes, the backward bookshelf is one of the easiest ways — albei...
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There are still mortgages offered with little down paymentMar 31, 2018 6:00 am - Q. We have a pretty good credit rating but not much cash. My father-in-law says there are ways to buy real estate with little or no money down. Is that just in the past,...
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Do mortgage lenders still discriminate against minorities?Mar 31, 2018 6:00 am - A recent editorial in The New York Times, citing a study by the Center for Investigative Reporting (Reveal), suggests that mortgage lenders still discriminate - that the...