Home and Garden
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Keep an eye out to catch common tomato problems earlyJul 21, 2019 7:00 am - By now you are enjoying the fresh, homegrown taste of tomatoes. To continue savoring them all summer, be on the lookout for common diseases or other problems. Caught ear...
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Small details are what makes a room shineJul 21, 2019 7:00 am - Accessorizing a home is what makes it personal … your home. Adding that final layer will make generic, store-bought furniture seem special and show off your style. In an...
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Armoire reflects two erasJul 21, 2019 6:01 am - Q. Enclosed is a photo of an antique armoire I purchased from an antiques dealer in Los Angeles in 1990. I was told it originally was from England and made in the late 1...
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Microgreens are an easy crop you can harvest year-roundJul 21, 2019 6:00 am - If you like munching on seedlings, consider directing your palate toward microgreens. These tiny vegetables burst with rich, leafy flavors ranging from spicy to sweet, a...
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Pruning season is in full bloomJul 21, 2019 6:00 am - Prune shrubs that put on a lot of growth this year as needed to keep them in the proper scale for your garden. Growth is mostly hardened off by now, so there should be m...
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Work platform needed by furnace in atticJul 21, 2019 6:00 am - Q. Now that I'm selling my home, the buyer's home inspector cited my furnace because it has no work platform. This heater has been in place for nearly 20 years and has p...
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Rant about living in a staged houseJul 20, 2019 6:00 am - Q. As a faithful reader of your column and previous real estate agent, I thought I understood how the process would go when we put our house on the market this June. Lit...
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Why every garden needs — and probably has — a woodpeckerJul 20, 2019 6:00 am - I grew up in a part of the world where there was a beautiful green-plumed woodpecker, but the only place to find it was on the label of a brand of hard cider. You would ...
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Don't let a small balcony stop you from enjoying the spaceJul 19, 2019 6:00 am - When interior designer Kyra Williams lived in Paris, she was always happy to see her fellow city dwellers perched on their balconies, enjoying coffee with friends. “If y...
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Bloomingdale Garden Club to host 'Be a Herbal Gourmet' Aug. 20Jul 16, 2019 11:00 pm - The Bloomingdale Garden Club will present "Be a Herbal Gourmet" with Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Cornerstone Faith Community Church, 118 First St. in ...