Home and Garden
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Making glass safe for birdsNov 13, 2011 5:00 am - “Great views and lots of glass.” That's what first attracted Bill Lutz to his home overlooking a tranquil pond in Victoria, Minn. But soon after he and his wife, Julie B...
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Treasures in your attic: Hopes of a first edition are ‘Gone with the Wind’Nov 06, 2011 6:00 am - Q. My fiance inherited this book-club edition of “Gone with the Wind” from her family, which always believed the book to be a first edition and the author’s signatur...
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Researchers work to preserve endangered tree genesNov 06, 2011 1:00 am - Here's a phrase to strike terror into the hearts of tree lovers everywhere — sudden oak death. We don't know whether the pathogen whipping through some types of Californ...
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On the warpath: Neighborhood treats ash to prevent borerNov 06, 2011 1:00 am - Sam Moser is called a hero in the life-and-death battle to save tree-lined streets in Arlington Heights. Moser and two other residents he recruited mobilized people on t...
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November in the garden: Sharpen tools, service equipmentNov 05, 2011 6:00 am - November is the time to get the garden buttoned up for the winter, and to put tools and equipment in order so they will be ready for spring gardening. General garde...
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Treasures in your attic: Opalescent jug is an heirloomOct 30, 2011 1:00 am - Q. Throughout my life, my mother told me to save, protect and hold close this vase, which has been passed down through the generations of our family. I have enclosed...
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The best bulbs to plant for springOct 30, 2011 1:00 am - Consider this next time you’re on your knees in the declining fall garden with a trowel: It takes as much effort to plant a mediocre spring bulb as it does a superior on...
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‘Ugly duckling’ transformed into stunning showpieceOct 30, 2011 1:00 am - The house has the features you’d want in a North Shore residence — paneled library, lots of windows and French doors opening onto a courtyard with a fountain, an up-to-t...
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Art in the garden: Don’t make pruning your top fall choreOct 30, 2011 12:12 am - There is plenty to do in the fall garden — cutting back fading foliage and flowers, pulling weeds exposed by garden clean up, raking leaves, the list goes on and on. But...
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Tips for planting bulbsOct 30, 2011 12:00 am - Spring bulbs can be planted until December as long as the ground doesn’t freeze. But the longer they are out of the ground, the greater the risk of rotting. If you can’t...