Home and Garden
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New members of Lombard Garden Club receive traditional tea cup and saucer as giftMar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - For many, many years, the traditional gift to a new member of the Lombard Garden Club was a beautiful flowered tea cup and saucer. The tradition of this welcome is stil...
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Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar now slated for March 17Mar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - Weather delayed delivery of the root stock for Garfield Farm Museum's 32nd annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar so it has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar...
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Constable: Pussy willows about to fire first shot in war on winterMar 05, 2019 4:30 am - The email's subject line - "Looking for Spring" - warms my heart. Surely, Stacy L. Iwanicki, natural resources education coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natu...
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Will our suburban trees survive in a warmer climate?Mar 03, 2019 7:00 am - Q. What plants and shrubs are now being recommended for our changing climate, USDA Zone 5b? A. We are fortunate to have some information about this because in 2016, the ...
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Victorian chair has rocked four generationsMar 03, 2019 6:01 am - Q. I have enclosed a photo of an antique rocking chair that has been passed down in my family for at least four generations. It was originally purchased in Philadelphia ...
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Is your home a reflection of your true self?Mar 03, 2019 6:01 am - Before you select the kind of sofa you want, what color you will paint your walls or where you will hang that precious work of art, you have to make home-related decisio...
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Some favorite garden vegetables attract pollinators, tooMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - Planting clumps of bright, successively blooming flowers is a popular method for attracting foraging pollinators like bees and butterflies. But savvy vegetable and fruit...
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Emergence of white snowdrops are first sign of springMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - After a winter like the one Chicagoans have just endured, the first signs of spring are especially welcome. In my garden, it is the first snowdrops that lift my spirits ...
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Four first-time homebuying mistakes to avoid
Mar 03, 2019 5:16 am - Now is a good time for first-time house hunters to prepare for the spring homebuying season. If you're a novice to the market, you might want to hear from experts on the...
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Fruit trees benefit from late winter pruningMar 03, 2019 5:00 am - A good time to prune fruit trees is late February or early March, before the buds begin to swell. A tree's branching habits are easy to see, and the weather is generally...