Home and Garden
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Juice up your home decor with orangeAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - Orange you glad orange is back in style? Some of you are nodding your heads vigorously because this friendly, high-octane color gives you the energy kick you're longing ...
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Public Invited to Old Time Pottery's Grand Opening Celebration This SaturdayAug 26, 2013 11:00 pm - West Chicago, Illinois: August 26, 2013 – West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda will be on hand this Saturday to cut the ceremonial ribbon during the official grand opening of...
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Asiatic dayflower easy to pullAug 26, 2013 1:00 am - Q. There is a small blue flower that I find blooming around my garden and in my lawn. There are three petals. While it is a beautiful little blue flower, I am wondering ...
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Artist plants discoveries in gardensAug 25, 2013 5:00 am - Meet Mother Nature, a 5-foot-tall ceramic figure in greens and purples that peers at a screen of tiles of plants Lynn Rushing also created for her Barrington Hills garde...
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Are these old Japanese vases worth much today?Aug 24, 2013 5:00 am - Q. I have enclosed pictures of one of two vases that were given to my great-grandparents as a wedding gift in Germany, probably in the late 1800s. I have also enclosed a...
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Art in the garden: Fall brings a wealth of new flowersAug 24, 2013 1:00 am - As summer begins to yield to fall, we lament the end of summer's blooms but look forward to the seasonal colors of autumn. Leaves start to change color with the falling ...
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Time to break out the cool-season cropsAug 23, 2013 1:00 am - Fall is on the way, meaning it’s time for cool-season crops. Seeds for lettuces, mesclun mixes and other greens that were sowed in early spring can be sowed again this m...
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Fences don’t make good neighbors when trees branch outAug 22, 2013 5:30 am - The gold standard for mediating disagreements might be the old biblical story of King Solomon, who earned his reputation for wisdom after settling a maternity dispute by...
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Back yard chickens? A hard-boiled assessmentAug 21, 2013 6:13 am - “Eat local” is the foodie mantra, and nothing is more local than an egg from your own back yard. That enticement has led many city dwellers and suburbanites to consider...
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Pergola kits cut the project down to sizeAug 21, 2013 5:00 am - The craze to expand outdoor living in recent years has led many to build pergolas and arbors to add interest to their yards and create a sitting or eating area that offe...