Home and Garden
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Yes, you can garden now in the MidwestJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - If you pick up only one copy of Chicagoland Gardening this year, make it the current January/February issue! Talk about getting your gardening juices flowing. Who would ...
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Garden calendarJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Garden club scholarships • The Garden Club of Inverness is accepting applications for scholarships from students in Palatine Township High School District 211 and Barrin...
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After years of work, young family happy in old homeJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Rebekah Isaacson let her boyfriend talk her into buying a junk-filled wreck of an old house where neighbors parked their cars and changed their oil on the gravel in the ...
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Versatile wood a natural choice for kitchen cabinets and shelvesJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Many Americans prefer wood products to plastics. It's been that way since at least the time of "The Graduate," the 1967 movie in which Dustin Hoffman is satirically advi...
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Flower and Garden Show returns to Navy Pier in MarchJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Flower & Garden Show, "Our World in Bloom," will be March 7-15 at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. The show is returning to the city after two years in...
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New year brings a new chance to get organizedJan 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It's January, a new year, and perhaps like me you've sustained a rare bite from the organization bug. Yes, we're busy people. That's the excuse for the piles in the offi...
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Tips on how to let goJan 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Some organization chores are more difficult than others, so we asked Ellen Pinsky of I Organize U in Geneva and Martin Pospeshil of klutter.org, based in Vernon Hills, h...
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Is it a table or a stool? It's both; making a statement with woodJan 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Everyone wants to be versatile these days, and that goes for furniture and artwork, too. The Artful Home, which helps artists and crafters sell their work through catalo...
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Now's the time to plan for successful growing seasonJan 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The period between the end of one growing season and the start of another is a good time to reflect on past garden successes and near misses, and to make plans for the c...
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Home-baked goodies deserve special presentation
Dec 26, 2008 10:00 pm - If baked goods are part of your gifting game plan this holiday, have you thought about how to package them? Knowing that presentation is key to the "wow" factor, I consu...