Home and Garden
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Houseplants deserve a bit more respectDec 27, 2020 6:00 am - The lines between the outdoors and indoors are being blurred. Homeowners build extensive outdoor living spaces so they can relax on weather-resistant furniture and even ...
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How to protect plants over the winterDec 27, 2020 5:00 am - Monitor your garden for animal damage during the winter and install protection as needed. Look for gnawed bark at the base of trees and shrubs. Rabbits can cause consid...
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A risky way to end the holidaysDec 27, 2020 5:00 am - Q: I'm writing to share some fireplace maintenance advice that may be of benefit to your readers. Let them know they can save the cost of a chimney sweep by burning thei...
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How to create your ideal Zoom backdropDec 26, 2020 6:01 am - Video chats have been the major shift for communication in both business meetings and family gatherings since the beginning of the pandemic. Of course, we have seen a gr...
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Cottagecore: Decorations with a nostalgic vibeDec 26, 2020 6:00 am - Along with bread-baking and closet reorganizing, another nesting trend on the home front is "cottagecore" style. "The cottagecore aesthetic swarmed the internet this yea...
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Home style begins and ends with comfortDec 20, 2020 6:01 am - Having been through a few months of lockdown and working from home, we are all more familiar with everything in our homes than we ever have been before. Minutes, hours, ...
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Gardening doesn't end as the snow arrivesDec 20, 2020 6:00 am - Pot up new amaryllis bulbs in wide, squat containers using a soilless growing medium. Allow the "shoulders" of the bulb to remain above medium; water well once and then ...
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An 18th-century Parisian garden is a lesson in the perils of excess
Dec 20, 2020 5:00 am - When the Disneyland Paris theme park arrived in France almost three decades ago, the guardians of the Gallic way warned of the dangers of an American cultural slide towa...
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Disgruntled buyer condemns home inspectorsDec 20, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Your repeated endorsement of home inspectors should be taken with a large grain of salt. When I bought my home, the inspector approved the roof without ever having lo...
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Twigs offer simple beauty in displays and decorations