Home and Garden
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Handle with care: Hard-shelled winter squashes are softiesSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - Winter squash is finally nearing maturity after spending 80 to 100 days growing in the family garden. What is not generally known, though, is that these hard-shelled veg...
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For a brighter room, let paint take the floorSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - Years ago, my husband and I bought our first house in upstate New York: a 1930s cottage with small rooms, low ceilings and mediocre wood floors. I knew that the best way...
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Indoor grow gardens bring your gardening insideSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - A tasty salad of tender pea shoots. Handfuls of fragrant herbs for the stew. Snack veggies for lunchboxes. Keeping a fresh supply of greens and herbs on hand can be chal...
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Another method to encourage equity growth: a right to recastSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - Growth in home equity during working years is important because home equity is a potential source of spendable funds after retirement. In a recent column (Repaying your ...
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How to deal with a property line discrepancySep 29, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We hired a surveyor before building a fence on our property. To our surprise, he found that our neighbors' driveway is on our side of the property line. We notified t...
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Government cracks down on refi scheme targeting veteransSep 29, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal officials plan to crack down on what they view as predatory lending schemes - reminiscent of the toxic practices seen during the housing boom - targ...
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How to protect your trees and plants from heat, drought damageSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - With late-September heat and lack of rain, our weather patterns have not been playing nice with the trees and plants that traditionally make fall a colorful time to be i...
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Dressing your windows like a proSep 24, 2017 6:01 am - Dressing your windows can dramatically change the look and even the size of a room. There are many ways to dress a window. The most popular style is using side panels. S...
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Early American pattern glass was affordableSep 24, 2017 6:01 am - Q. Enclosed you will find a photo of a clear glass compote bowl. It belonged to either my grandmother or my great-grandmother. It is 7¼ inches in diameter, 6¾ inches tal...
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Velvet finds its way back to the forefrontSep 24, 2017 6:00 am - Fashion first advanced this luxe fabric and now it's marching into the home