Home and Garden
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Weber Grill was born in the suburbsMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - The world-famous Weber Kettle Grill and its inventor, George Stephen, can be given much of the credit for the popularity of outdoor cooking today. Stephen, a Mount Prosp...
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Landscaping and soft lighting will beautify patioMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - Our outdoor space is not inviting to say the least. We recently removed an old shed. The concrete is cracked and our fence is going to fall over. We lack lightning and a...
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More choices abound for outdoor cooks than ever beforeMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - My "Greatest Generation" father would have snorted at the idea that outdoor cooking would one day become a hobby - an avocation even - for scores of men and women of all...
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Bring the pizazz to your patioMay 26, 2016 11:00 pm - When just our immediate family is here, we are 20 or more. Everything and everyone is crowded and confined to our concrete patio slab. There is no lighting, no atmospher...
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Butterflies & Blooms opens at Chicago Botanic GardenMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - Butterflies & Blooms, an exhibit immersing visitors in an enclosed outdoor garden filled with plants and hundreds of live butterflies and moths, opens Saturday, May 28, ...
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Recent Garden Club sale a big successMay 23, 2016 5:00 am - On behalf of the Rolling Meadows Garden Club I would like to thank the community members who came to shop on what was truly a very cold day Saturday, May 14th. The club ...
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Dwarf fothergilla deserves a spot in your landscapeMay 22, 2016 7:09 am - When choosing a shrub for foundation plantings, shrub borders or perennial gardens, consider dwarf fothergilla. The genus was named for John Fothergill, a Quaker physici...
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Wallpaper has been around as long as history itselfMay 22, 2016 7:01 am - Wallpaper is one of those touchy subjects in interior design - either you love it or hate it. We can all recall a dated or hideous installation that has made us fear it ...
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World-inspired home accents easily found onlineMay 22, 2016 4:00 am - It doesn't take very much to add an artistic touch to a tiny home. Two or three accent items will go a long way toward establishing any creative look. And, when you tire...
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Garlic mustard first introduced for medicinal purposesMay 22, 2016 2:01 am - Q. While doing some weeding and spring clean up around my property, I dug something that smelled like garlic. What is it, and can I eat it? A. Not having seen the plant ...