Home and Garden
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Surprising gender gaps found in home-buying costsSep 09, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Gender and marital status and how they relate to mortgages has not gotten a lot of research attention in real estate. However, two new reports examine the e...
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Builder not honoring one-year warrantySep 09, 2016 5:00 am - Q. We bought our home nearly a year ago, while the subdivision was still being built. The superintendent and the Realtor kept telling us the company motto, which is "cus...
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Is your back yard bursting with late-summer bounty? Make soupSep 07, 2016 6:00 am - When it's late summer and the garden is full of vegetables, it's time to make minestrone. Fruiting ones, rooting ones, leafy crops, stemmy crops - all can go into this c...
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Lindenhurst plant exchange set for Sept. 17Sep 07, 2016 1:00 am - The Lindenhurst Environmental Commission will host its autumn plant exchange from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Lindenhurst Village Hall/Public Works, 2301...
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1880s Gilbert clock survives the test of timeSep 05, 2016 7:01 am - Q. This is a photo of an old clock I own. I think it's called a mantle clock. It still keeps the time. It is 19 inches tall and 10 inches wide. On the back is a label w...
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Plant native switch grass in the landscapeSep 04, 2016 7:24 am - Ornamental grasses are celebrating their season to star in the landscape. Summer heat and generous rainfall have promoted lush growth and showy seed heads. There are man...
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Winged wonders: Artist captures the beauty of mothsSep 04, 2016 7:22 am - The butterfly is universally loved, but its close cousin, the moth, is not. You don't find grade-schoolers knocking on the Halloween door costumed as a moth. Schoolyards...
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The rose of Sharon rises againSep 04, 2016 7:15 am - In the world of garden shrubs, the rose of Sharon has a lot going against it. The leaves are drab with no fall color; the bush is twiggy, stiff and ungainly; and the lig...
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Don't adhere to the rules all the timeSep 04, 2016 7:01 am - Table settings are a common household subject. Undoubtedly each and every one of us has some degree of experience, good or bad, with setting a table. Table settings are ...
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Know which plants make good bedfellowsSep 04, 2016 7:00 am - It was getting to be late summer one year, and the cucumber vines had reached the top of the strings on which they were growing. We had even looped them over the metal b...