Home and Garden
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Table-setting rules worth breakingOct 08, 2016 6:00 am - Sandy Chilewich loves to challenge people's perceptions of a properly set table. The founder and creative director of the Chilewich brand of place mats dumped traditiona...
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Backup sales contract like having 'belt and suspenders'Oct 08, 2016 5:00 am - Q. What does it mean when a property shows up in the multiple listing system as a new listing with a pending offer? I get email updates about my area from a couple of di...
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MCC adds urban agriculture specialty to horticulture programOct 02, 2016 11:00 pm - With the popular movement toward more locally grown foods and in many cases, smaller farms, along with agriculture inside the city - think rooftop gardens - McHenry Coun...
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Color is important to create harmony in your homeOct 02, 2016 6:01 am - Why is it sometimes you walk into a room and you feel instantly at ease? The sensation is akin to feeling a warm embrace. It's almost as if the room is telling you that ...
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Wise to bring tropical plants indoors graduallyOct 02, 2016 6:01 am - Q: How do I ensure I do not bring any unwanted guests into the house when it is time for our tropicals to come back inside? A: Because most houseplants are actually trop...
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Get the dining room ready for ThanksgivingOct 02, 2016 6:01 am - Nothing says family quite like Thanksgiving dinner. Traditional or avant-guard, it's the fellowship that is most important. We have about two months to go before the foo...
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Luscious fruits come from timely harvest, good storageOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - "Ripe" is a term that's used much too freely when it comes to fruits. A plum is not supposed to taste sour like a lemon; that lemony plum is not ripe. Nor - and this is ...
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This Cold War-era house is a gem with a storied pastOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Five years ago, journalists Roberta Baskin and Jim Trengrove, who built careers covering (and uncovering) fraudsters and politicians, began discussing the next stage of ...
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Nut trees deserve another look for yards and gardensOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Nut trees make great additions to yards and gardens. They provide multipurpose crops, have attractive blooms and can protect as wind buffers. Yet fruit trees overshadow ...
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Gardens planted indoors are growing in popularityOct 02, 2016 6:00 am - Imagine stepping into a bathtub, and instead of bathroom tiles lining the wall next to you, there's a fresh vertical garden, lush with bright green ferns, lavender, baby...