Home and Garden
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Transplant trees, shrubs in fall for best resultsNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - When is the best time to plant or transplant trees and shrubs? Although these can be planted any time the ground isn’t frozen, the absolute best time is fall. The cool a...
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How late can I plant perennials in my garden?Nov 01, 2013 12:00 am - Q. How late can I plant perennials in my garden? What should I do if I have perennials that I wasn’t able to get planted in time? A. In order to have success in planting...
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Arlington Heights students enjoy school garden harvestOct 31, 2013 12:36 pm - The garden club at Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights held its first harvest celebration this month to serve and taste the foods they spent the year growing. The ...
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Some vegetables come into their own in autumnOct 30, 2013 6:00 am - How green is your vegetable garden? Just because summer’s long gone and frost is in the air doesn’t mean your garden has to be a scene of tawny colors, limp leaves and w...
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New products, technology make homeownership a breeze, not to mention stylishOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - Home ownership, while satisfying and wonderful, is not always glorious. Things go wrong occasionally. So it is comforting to know that new products and ways of doing thi...
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Living room bluesOct 27, 2013 1:00 am - So after staring at my paint deck and walls for 12 years, changing my mind at least 43 times, I still can’t figure out what I need to do to make this room livable, warm ...
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Beast of a weed creeping up from SouthOct 26, 2013 2:44 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — It’s a beast of a weed, creeping north into the Midwest from cotton country. Palmer amaranth can shoot up as high as 7 feet, and just one plant can produce...
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Store terra-cotta out of elements for winterOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - Terra-cotta containers are best stored out of the elements for winter. The porous clay of these containers absorbs water and the freeze-and-thaw cycles of winter can cra...
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A wonderful old printOct 26, 2013 5:51 am - Q. I have a very old chromograph of a picture by E.W. Haslehust printed by Ralph D. Tuck and Son Ltd. I have no idea if it is worth anything. I have looked for the origi...
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Art in the garden: Shrubs that dazzle the late-season landscapeOct 26, 2013 1:00 am - Summer is now a memory, and we appreciate the colors of fall as we take stock of our landscapes. Is there something to look forward to after the first frost nips the las...