Home and Garden
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New financial tools offer a boost to credit ratingsApr 05, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Here's some good news for anyone whose credit scores aren't quite as high as they'd like them to be: Three new financial tools have come to market - or soon...
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Learn about spring ephemerals in Long GroveApr 05, 2019 1:00 am - Daily Herald report The Long Grove-Kildeer Garden Club is hosting a free seminar on spring ephemerals at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 8, at Reed Turner Woodland Nature Center...
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Nature has a way of indicating time for certain tasksApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. Is it true you should prune your roses when the forsythia blooms? Are there any other “signals” in nature to let us know the best time to do garden maintenance? A. Mo...
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Enjoy these spring wildflowers while they lastApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Perennials find different ways to adapt to their environments. The fuzzy foliage of lamb's ears reduces the amount of water the plant loses through its leaves and makes ...
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Start your containers now by growing coleus from cuttingsApr 03, 2019 11:00 pm - If you kept a coleus from last year's garden as a houseplant, you can still start cuttings for transplanting outside if you would like to increase the numbers of plants....
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West Chicago receives a CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up grant through America in Bloom for parkway tree programApr 02, 2019 11:00 pm - As the frozen ground of another harsh Midwest winter begins to thaw, City of West Chicago Public Works staff gears up with plans for spring parkway tree planting, this y...
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What says 'modern' now in decor?Mar 31, 2019 7:00 am - As the weather improves and our winter hibernation ends, the urge to refresh and renew a room or two often follows. It may be as simple as adding a few new decorative it...
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Not everyone has an extra room for a libraryMar 31, 2019 7:00 am - When I was a student in the fourth grade, our teacher gave us an assignment to investigate different types of poems. She asked us to write a haiku (a kind of short Japan...
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Keeping cool: Sleeping plants fend off cold the bestMar 31, 2019 6:00 am - Each warm spell makes the next cold spell feel that much more frigid to me and — more importantly — to my trees and shrubs. These plants would be much better off if the ...
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4 issues homebuyers will face this spring
Mar 31, 2019 6:00 am - As the spring home buying market kicks into high gear, house hunters may be mostly focused on lining up their financing and finding a place to purchase. While affordabil...