Home and Garden
-
Can your holiday lights compete with these?Dec 05, 2013 4:30 am - If you think your holiday lights have what it takes, upload a photo of your display at www.dailyherald.com/contests/holidaylights. Our contest, co-sponsored by Wintrust...
-
Find decorating ideas on Geneva Christmas House TourDec 04, 2013 5:00 am - Enjoy the charm and beauty of Geneva at Christmas at the city’s annual Christmas House Tour. Five homes, each with their own distinctive character, will open for self-g...
-
Novice gardeners: Try these bulletproof plantsDec 04, 2013 4:45 am - Gardening is a forgiving pursuit. Get it wrong one year and you can start fresh again the next, wiser, with lessons learned. Study up between planting seasons. Scan the...
-
Poinsettias create ‘beautiful sight’ at CantignyDec 03, 2013 11:00 am - Guests had a chance to admire a sea of poinsettias Tuesday at Cantigny Park in Wheaton during the horticulture department’s annual “Shades of Crimson” event. Joy Kaminsk...
-
Dream home on display for holidaysDec 01, 2013 4:32 am - Johanna and Jason Patterson knew, when they were expecting their first child, that they wanted to make the Historic District in Geneva their home. They were living in Ch...
-
Prospect Park homes, history featured in holiday housewalkNov 30, 2013 11:00 pm - One of Mount Prospect's “toniest” neighborhoods will be on display Dec. 6 when the Mount Prospect Historical Society holds its 26th annual Holiday Housewalk from 3:30 to...
-
How old is this Wardle vase?Nov 30, 2013 4:51 am - Q. This vase was given to my wife by her aunt over 50 years ago. Her aunt said she got it from her mother and father in the late 1880s as a wedding gift. We have never b...
-
First lady welcomes White House Christmas treeNov 29, 2013 12:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Christmas has come to the White House. Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha and the family’s two dogs have accepted an 18-and-a-half-foot Douglas fir ...
-
Attracting feathered friends to your backyard bird feedersNov 29, 2013 9:58 am - As a youth growing up in Sleepy Hollow, Jim McGrath would watch the birds visiting the feeders in his family’s yard. He went on to become a wildlife biologist and inter...
-
As a general rule, leave the leavesNov 29, 2013 5:00 am - If you had driven past my house in recent days, you might have thought you were watching a movie in reverse. There I was, opening trash bags, dumping out leaves and spre...