Home and Garden
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How the hardy bald cypress thrives in swamps and flooded areasNov 16, 2021 5:00 am - Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and...
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Aquascape donates design and labor to create an ecosystem pond for Batavia High SchoolNov 14, 2021 10:00 pm - Aquascape donated their expertise and labor to help the Batavia High School Ecology Club build a beautiful ecosystem pond in the campus courtyard. Ed Beaulieu, vice pre...
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Pottawatomie Garden Club gives landscaping award to St. Charles Public LibraryNov 14, 2021 10:00 pm - On Oct. 25, the Pottawatomie Garden Club awarded its annual Landscape Commendation Award to the St. Charles Public Library. Edith Craig, director of the library, was pr...
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Accessories are the finishing touches to your decorNov 14, 2021 6:01 am - Accessories are the accents that help personalize your home. Think of accessories like the jewelry one wears when dressing up. Accessories are decorative pillows, thro...
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Some 'impatient' plants considered weeds, others cultivatedNov 14, 2021 6:00 am - At a recent dinner party, my host launched into a monologue about a plant he had discovered in his garden and was delighted with. It had, he said, green leaves (what a c...
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Get creative with your flower boxes and containersNov 14, 2021 6:00 am - Remove frozen plants from containers and hanging baskets and replace them with evergreen boughs, branches with colorful berries and interesting seed heads from perennial...
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Home inspector failed to inspect furnaceNov 14, 2021 5:00 am - Q: When we bought our home last year, our home inspector said the forced air furnace was in good working order. Then winter came, the furnace wouldn't start, so we calle...
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Cantigny to host holiday poinsettia display Nov. 19Nov 13, 2021 10:00 pm - The Cantigny horticulture department will host its annual Shades of Crimson Poinsettia Display on Friday, Nov. 19. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for this popular holiday e...
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Skylight, sky bright, first sky I see tonightNov 13, 2021 6:00 am - No amount of artificial lumens you add to a room can substitute for the sun and its transformative natural light. So here's a bright idea that can illuminate a key livin...
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Mount Prospect Historical Society Housewalk returnsNov 12, 2021 5:00 am - After a one-year COVID-19 imposed hiatus, the Mount Prospect Historical Society's annual Holiday Housewalk will return Friday, Dec. 3, in the neighborhood immediately no...