Home and Garden
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Home and garden calendar, June 30-July 6Jun 25, 2024 10:44 pm - Pollinator parties, garden club meetings, art markets and more.
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Remember the glass blocks of ’80s bathrooms? They’re back.
Jun 25, 2024 9:47 pm - The glass blocks of yesteryear’s bathrooms are having a renaissance, thanks to social media and an upgrade in design.
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Poison ivy easy to miss while weedingJun 24, 2024 10:46 pm - Knowing how to recognize, and handle, poison ivy is important, especially when it’s time to weed the garden.
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The 17-year cicadas will die out soon. Here’s what to do after they’re gone
Jun 19, 2024 5:00 pm - Soon, the Chicago area will stop buzzing with the noise heard only every 17 years. So what do you do with dead cicadas and exoskeletons?
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How should association handle money owed to former owners?Jun 18, 2024 9:46 pm - An association has a long list of small credits to former owners on the books. How can they clear their books of these credits?
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Home and garden calendar, June 23-29Jun 18, 2024 7:09 pm - Garden walks and boutiques, seed swaps, classes and more.
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Clematis, other climbing vines need regular trainingJun 18, 2024 5:46 pm - Keep your climbing vines trained; go ahead and keep planting this month; and mow those fast-growing weeds among your native plants.
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Woman missed out on cicadas 17 years ago, so she brought 6,000 of them to her yardJun 18, 2024 11:45 am - Bettina Sailer has gone to areas where cicadas were plentiful and brought them back to her North Aurora home. She now has more than 6,000 of the insects in her yard.
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Long Grove-Kildeer Garden Club’s Garden Walk set for July 19Jun 17, 2024 8:02 am - If you enjoy the outdoors, you’ll want to experience some of the area’s finest private gardens at the Long Grove-Kildeer Garden Club's Annual Garden Walk, Friday, July 19.
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It’s complicated: Is homeowner responsible for unpaid subcontractors?Jun 14, 2024 11:00 am - A homeowner was surprised to receive notice of lien from a subcontractor after getting some work done on their house. How can this situation be prevented?