Home and Garden
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Redecorating on a budget, bit by bitMay 16, 2019 11:00 pm - Sometimes you look around your apartment and groan. Most people don't have the luxury of making over a space all at once, much less hiring an interior designer to do so....
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Blooming Fest brings plants, garden experts and fun to downtown West ChicagoMay 16, 2019 6:00 am - West Chicago will get the growing season off to a colorful start Saturday with the return of Blooming Fest. The annual celebration features a tented plant sale and a cad...
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Wild Ones chapter offers tour of Salamander Springs May 25May 15, 2019 11:00 pm - Join Wild Ones of Northern Kane County at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at Salamander Springs, a 100-acre Dundee Township Open Space property in Northern Kane County. The ...
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Inaugural plant/flower sale at Green Oaks senior communityMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - An inaugural spring plant/flower sales will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, by the pond near the independent living cottages at Green Oaks Senior Living...
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Rosary Sports Boosters plant sale continues Tuesdays in MayMay 14, 2019 11:00 pm - The Rosary High School Sports Boosters is holding its annual plant sale every Tuesday in May at Schaefer`s Greenhouse on Lake Street in Montgomery. Shop any Tuesday in ...
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An architectural pilgrimage: Private homes in Oak Park open May 18 for Wright PlusMay 14, 2019 11:00 pm - Few things in life prove worth standing in line. For me, the rare chance to peek inside homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright ranks near the top. Last May, my Glen Ellyn...
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Nominations welcome for Lombard's Front Yard BeautiesMay 12, 2019 11:00 pm - For the fourth consecutive year, Lombard Garden Club is recognizing individual homeowners who have made their front yards especially attractive. It is the club's mission...
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Poppies were a favorite pottery motif in early 1900sMay 12, 2019 7:01 am - Q. We are enclosing a photo of a dessert set that has been in the family for three generations. My husband's mother gave it to us, and she got it from her mother-in-law....
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Add sulfur to your soil for more beautiful displaysMay 12, 2019 7:00 am - If your soil is too alkaline, elemental or granulated sulfur can be added to lower the pH. Rhododendrons and azaleas are examples of plants that can benefit from sulfur ...
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How to design and decorate poolsideMay 12, 2019 7:00 am - Ask Elizabeth Stuart Design founder Muffie Faith about how to decorate around a backyard pool and she'll answer you with a question of her own: How are you going to use ...