Home and Garden
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Scale insects suck sap from treesJun 25, 2015 6:00 am - This is the time of year to check closely for magnolia scale, a kind of sap-sucking insect that creates an overall thin condition when it infests these flowering trees. ...
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Find a winning spot to get in the gameJun 24, 2015 6:00 am - Talk about a game night these days will lead to visions of groups of kids addictively playing Wii or Xbox. Technology has bred autonomous games and gadgets where one nee...
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Hidden Gems garden walk in LibertyvilleJun 23, 2015 11:00 pm - Town and Country Garden Club of Libertyville presents Hidden Gems Garden Walk Saturday, June 27, featuring six unique gardens in the community. The walk, set for 10 a.m....
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French antique taste on a thrift-store budgetJun 23, 2015 6:00 am - Designer Charlotte Moss, author of “Garden Inspirations,” joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently on the newspaper's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited exc...
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Mundelein considering a ban on phosphorous fertilizersJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Mundelein officials are considering enacting a ban of fertilizers containing phosphorus. It would become the latest town to take such action, joining Libertyville, Linde...
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Kidproof can be beautifulJun 22, 2015 6:00 am - You live with kids and you wonder: Is it even possible to have a living room free of Lego bricks or walls free of crayon marks? California-based Gabrielle Stanley Blair,...
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Jun 21, 2015 11:00 pm - A New Home Can Create Family Trauma About half of all families who purchase a new home have some regrets about their transition, it was revealed in a recent study. More...
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Fixing a reverse mortgage trapJun 21, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Soon after Judy Stephens of Lafayette, Louisiana, lost her husband this past January, she got hit with more bad news, this time from the mortgage company. S...
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Pre-crisis HELOC chickens are coming home to roostJun 21, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. Ten years ago we purchased a house for $310,000 which we financed with a first mortgage for $255,000 at 3.75 percent, and a HELOC for $65,000 at 3.5 percent. The HELO...
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Thimbles offer limitless world of geometric patternsJun 21, 2015 7:00 am - KANAZAWA, Japan — Kaga yubinuki are ring-shaped thimbles featuring geometric patterns created using silk thread. A specialty of Kanazawa, the charming sewing implement h...