Home and Garden
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Murphy beds are making the bedroom superfluousFeb 01, 2014 12:00 am - PARIS — The long-established trend toward loft-like living means having a bed in the middle of your living space is now considered a lifestyle choice, like an open kitch...
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Hot stuff: Grow your own tea from your gardenJan 31, 2014 4:30 am - When temperatures fall, there’s nothing better than a piping hot cup of tea. And as craft and organic tea seeps into the mainstream, tea gardens are becoming a popular ...
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Right at home: Products aim to help kids sleepJan 31, 2014 4:30 am - Do your young ones balk at bedtime? Get gnarly at naptime? There are plenty of products aimed at parents looking to create the right mood in the nursery to send little o...
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Arbor Day tree offer:Jan 29, 2014 4:23 pm - Anyone from Illinois who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in February will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees to plant when the weather turns warm, the organizatio...
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Buffalo Grove's Leider greenhouse operation fends off subzero weatherJan 28, 2014 11:00 am - It was a delightful, sunny Tuesday at Aptakisic Road and Leider Lane in northern Buffalo Grove, where the temperature was a balmy 75 degrees. At least that was the case ...
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Prevent a garden slugfest with baits, upkeepJan 28, 2014 4:45 am - Slugs and snails are ravenous plant eaters that leave behind slimy trails of destruction as they glide through nurseries and lawns, farm fields and gardens. Remedies abo...
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Rough, industrial look is now chicJan 25, 2014 11:00 pm - I started by shopping, assuming the only way I could have an industrial-style bookcase was by paying a hefty sum for one. As this style of furniture has become more popu...
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Pope: Women should play expanded role in ChurchJan 25, 2014 3:17 pm - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday lauded women for their sensitivity toward the society’s weak and “gifts” like intuition, insisting they take on greater responsib...
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Ban on trans fats would be boon for canola growersJan 25, 2014 12:56 pm - TULSA, Okla. — From Oregon to Oklahoma, farmers have started planting canola in earnest, rotating the yellow-flowered crop that could blossom into a replacement for arte...
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Sap aside, pencil cactus is nice indoors and outJan 25, 2014 4:50 am - Pencil cactus is a fitting common name for Euphorbia tirucalli, even though the plant would be useless for writing and is not really a cactus. A single plant looks like...