Home and Garden
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Buffalo Grove Garden Club selling plantsMar 30, 2014 1:01 am - The Buffalo Grove Garden Club is holding its annual plant sale, whose proceeds fund our scholarship fund. Order plants by April 8 for pickup at the Alcott Center, 530 Be...
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Gourmet herbs: tasty, attractive and easy to growMar 29, 2014 5:45 am - Culinary herbs are enjoying a revival thanks to new varieties, stronger flavors, health concerns and more discerning palates. Their low cost, attractiveness and easy-to-...
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Puppy-proofing? Protect your dog - and your homeMar 28, 2014 5:45 am - We bought food bowls, borrowed a crate and dusted off baby gates. But soon after we adopted our 13-week-old puppy, we discovered the house really wasn't ready. Clove, a ...
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Show your creativity, color in a kitchen backsplashMar 26, 2014 5:45 am - Make a splash in your kitchen with color. Even those who are afraid of using color manage to accept some pizazz when it comes to the design of a kitchen backsplash. Both...
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Start coleus cuttings now for May plantingMar 26, 2014 1:01 am - If you have kept a coleus as a houseplant over the winter, you still have time to start cuttings for transplanting to the garden when the weather is warm enough. Use a s...
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Learn to grow groceries yourself at Earth Day seminar in GenevaMar 25, 2014 11:00 pm - "Grow Your Own Groceries - in Containers," a seminar to help people save money, build health, find more pleasure in tastier food, and acquire more energy by eating heath...
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New perennials to try this yearMar 25, 2014 1:01 am - Spring awakens the hearts of gardeners. We can't wait to get our hands dirty, to plant and nurture and to gaze upon fresh foliage and early spring blooms. It also awaken...
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Contest winners revitalize homes with room makeoversMar 24, 2014 1:00 pm - Contest winners revitalize their living spaces with room makeovers
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Proportion, finishes key to balancing imaginative traditional roomsMar 23, 2014 1:01 am - Traditional interior design can mean a lot of different things depending on your audience. For some purists, this may mean decorating with antiques or reproductions of ...
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Alter the proportions in a small kitchenMar 22, 2014 6:00 am - Q. We're planning to renovate the smallest kitchen in the city — new cabinets, flooring and lighting. Without knocking down walls, are there ways to make the kitchen loo...