Home and Garden
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Get in your orders for Fall Sustainability Sale by Sept. 14Aug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will offer native plants, shrubs and trees for preorder until Sept. 14 during its Fall Sustainability Sale. Items are available o...
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Gardeners can extend growing season into the fallAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - Just when you thought the gardening season was over, fall arrives to prove you wrong. Many believe we hang up our trowels on Labor Day, as if Mother Nature slammed the ...
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Stevenson grad, volunteers spruce up yards of high-risk Buffalo Grove, Lake Zurich householdsAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - A team of seven volunteers organized by a 2018 Stevenson High School graduate helped clean up the yards of some Lake County homeowners in high risk households. The volun...
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Lombard Garden Club hosts lilac sale onlineAug 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The Lombard Garden Club is hosting its annual Lombard Lilac Sale online. Ready to be sold in May, the bushes have been nurtured throughout the summer. They have a large...
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West Chicago's Monarch conservation efforts to be featured in upcoming conservation videoAug 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Mayor Ruben Pineda shared his pride for West Chicago's monarch conservation efforts last week as he was interviewed for a video being produced by the DuPage Monarch Proj...
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All in for al fresco: Dining in the great outdoors, stylishlyAug 16, 2020 6:00 am - Squeezing the most out of summer - especially this coronavirus summer - has often meant eating and entertaining outside, for those with the space to do it. "The goal tod...
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Stagger planting of gladiolus to extend the flowering seasonAug 15, 2020 7:30 am - The gladiolus produces a large, showy flower spike that lasts for several days, whether in the garden or in a vase. To get the most out of a bloom for decoration inside,...
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Book review: 'Story of Gardening' gets a timely updateAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - “The Story of Gardening,” by Penelope Hobhouse and Ambra Edwards (Princeton Architectural Press) It's an opportune time for an update to this lavishly illustrated h...
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Off-the-wall wallpaper ideas for 'wow' factorAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - Wallpaper goes in and out of fashion as much as the length of women's hemlines. I happen to like wallpaper, as it helps dress a room. Rooms look a bit more finished when...
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Soak or drip? Watering advice for the hot seasonAug 15, 2020 6:00 am - August is the month for two garden W's: weeding and watering. Regular attention to both keeps a vegetable or flower garden pretty and productive well into autumn. For n...