Home and Garden
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Bookcases that combine top-shelf design and utilityJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - Take four piles of treasured books, add one bookcase, and you have the formula for turning a mess of a personal library into an artful display. It sounds easy. Yet there...
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Free local garden walk:Jun 26, 2014 1:01 am - A free garden walk hosted by the Gardeners of Central Lake County is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28. The walk will include five specialty gardens in Liberty...
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Ash tree removal program in Libertyville expected to last a few more yearsJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - Libertyville's fight against the tree-killing emerald ash borer will continue this season with help from an outside contractor. As it has for the past few years, the vil...
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Six Elgin gardens featured in Fox Valley Garden WalkJun 25, 2014 6:01 am - Murna Hansemann's garden is splashed with bright colors. Geraniums line the house, and the garden is filled with perennials that continue to bloom every day. It changes ...
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Keep your perennials blooming all season longJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - When we are walking down the aisles of our favorite garden center, it's hard to resist the flowering perennials. With so many different types of flowers and textures in ...
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Hellstrips: Challenge lies beyond the sidewalkJun 24, 2014 5:30 am - Making a yard and a community more beautiful begins at the curb. But that narrow space between sidewalk and street - sometimes called a boulevard, median, hellstrip, par...
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Reinventing the winter-weary hydrangeaJun 23, 2014 6:00 am - In a normal year, the hydrangeas would be thick with leafy growth and holding aloft conspicuous buds to open at month's end either as lacecaps or globes, thus introducin...
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Rare nuthatch breeding in Glenview backyardJun 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Our backyard 3.5-inch, male red-breasted nuthatch is covered in pine resin. For more than a week, feathers on his head and belly have been matted down and glisten in e...
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Six unique gardens featured in Libertyville walkJun 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Town and Country Garden Club of Libertyville presents "Hidden Gems Garden Walk" on Saturday, June 28, to raise funds to support beautification of public areas. The event...
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Backyards get their chance to shineJun 22, 2014 6:00 am - Sometimes life doesn't turn out exactly as you plan it. Reverses and set backs in the economy or in your personal life has you so busy making ends meet that you have no ...