Home and Garden
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As fall winds down, get your yard ready for winterNov 22, 2020 6:00 am - It is a good idea to sharpen and clean garden tools when putting them away for the season. Sharpen spades with an electric hand grinder and put the bevel on the inside e...
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Deposits or etching could be causing cloudy drinking glasses
Nov 22, 2020 6:00 am - Q: I am having a problem with my drinking glasses. When I remove them from the dishwasher, they are very cloudy. These glasses are about 50 years old and have never had ...
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These online plant sellers have a moment in the sunNov 22, 2020 5:00 am - When Danae Horst and her husband, Bill, owners of plant nursery Folia Collective in Los Angeles, looked around in March, "we thought we were done," she says. They feared...
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Agent questions disclosure requirementsNov 22, 2020 5:00 am - Q: After we bought our home, we learned the next door neighbors are dealing drugs. The police have raided the place twice in three months, but the illegal activity conti...
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How to share an office with your partner — and 'work spouse'
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Yarn sales rise, while stress decreasesNov 20, 2020 10:00 pm - There are 53 million Americans who know how to crochet or knit. Staying home during the pandemic has provided a new opportunity to revitalize their interest in crafting ...
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Record turnout at Naperville Park District's 2020 Pumpkin SmashNov 20, 2020 10:00 pm - Unseasonably warm weather and the opportunity to take part in a socially distanced outdoor event helped bring hundreds of people to the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots on...
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How to know when it's time to step down to a smaller homeNov 20, 2020 6:00 am - Shhh, hear that? It's the quiet countdown to a blaring alarm set to go off at some point in the future. But if you don't wake up now to the reality of the situation, you...
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Designer envisions the client before turning attention to the spaceNov 20, 2020 6:00 am - A couple of years ago, Catherine Burns found herself in a rut. She, her husband and their son had moved into a new home in Brooklyn, and as hard as they tried, they coul...
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Starting at the Roots: Geneva Middle School North science students learn observation skillsNov 15, 2020 10:00 pm - Geneva Middle School North science students learn observation skills