Home and Garden
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Answering a purchase offer: yes, no or maybeJul 06, 2019 6:00 am - Q. If you could answer me today that would be helpful. We are selling our home ourselves, and we got an offer this morning that is $8,000 less than we are asking. It's o...
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Best to admire poisn ivy's lovely leaves from a distanceJul 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Poison ivy may be food for birds, but it is quite the irritant for people
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An oak-killing pathogen has been found in Illinois; experts are on alertJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - Forestry, botanical and agricultural experts in the Chicago area are on alert for a plant pathogen that has killed large tracts of oak trees on the West Coast and been d...
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Pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death found in IllinoisJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks and affected many native plant species in California...
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Bees create quite the buzz at North Aurora libraryJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - On June 22, bees were the business at Messenger Public Library in North Aurora. With words, slides, video clips and honey samples for tasting, Bartlett apiarist Reid Roo...
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Algonquin Garden Club celebrates 90 yearsJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - The Algonquin Garden Club celebrated its 90th anniversary with a luncheon June 18 at Boulder Ridge Country Club in Lake in the Hills. John Regan from Twisted Stem, an in...
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Why white still is ultra popular in homesJun 30, 2019 7:00 am - It seems like everything that's old is new again. Throughout interior design history, time and again, designers are faced with the request to create an all-white decorat...
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Room dividers - and all their old-Hollywood charm - are backJun 30, 2019 7:00 am - You don't have to binge-watch classic movies to know that when a starlet wanted to “slip into something more comfortable,” she often stepped behind a decorative folding ...
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Keep your rose bushes blooming longerJun 30, 2019 7:00 am - Deadhead hybrid roses as soon as the flowers fade. Many shrub roses are self-cleaning and don't require deadheading. When in doubt, lightly prune old blossoms to keep pl...
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Respect the soil in your gardenJun 30, 2019 6:00 am - Before it's too late, I must address one of my pet peeves: deliberately putting plastic in soil. Take, for instance, black plastic sheeting sold as mulch. This stuff app...