Home and Garden
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How late can I plant perennials in my garden?Nov 01, 2013 12:00 am - Q. How late can I plant perennials in my garden? What should I do if I have perennials that I wasn’t able to get planted in time? A. In order to have success in planting...
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Arlington Heights students enjoy school garden harvestOct 31, 2013 12:36 pm - The garden club at Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights held its first harvest celebration this month to serve and taste the foods they spent the year growing. The ...
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Some vegetables come into their own in autumnOct 30, 2013 6:00 am - How green is your vegetable garden? Just because summer’s long gone and frost is in the air doesn’t mean your garden has to be a scene of tawny colors, limp leaves and w...
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New products, technology make homeownership a breeze, not to mention stylishOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - Home ownership, while satisfying and wonderful, is not always glorious. Things go wrong occasionally. So it is comforting to know that new products and ways of doing thi...
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Living room bluesOct 27, 2013 1:00 am - So after staring at my paint deck and walls for 12 years, changing my mind at least 43 times, I still can’t figure out what I need to do to make this room livable, warm ...
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Beast of a weed creeping up from SouthOct 26, 2013 2:44 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — It’s a beast of a weed, creeping north into the Midwest from cotton country. Palmer amaranth can shoot up as high as 7 feet, and just one plant can produce...
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Store terra-cotta out of elements for winterOct 26, 2013 6:00 am - Terra-cotta containers are best stored out of the elements for winter. The porous clay of these containers absorbs water and the freeze-and-thaw cycles of winter can cra...
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A wonderful old printOct 26, 2013 5:51 am - Q. I have a very old chromograph of a picture by E.W. Haslehust printed by Ralph D. Tuck and Son Ltd. I have no idea if it is worth anything. I have looked for the origi...
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Art in the garden: Shrubs that dazzle the late-season landscapeOct 26, 2013 1:00 am - Summer is now a memory, and we appreciate the colors of fall as we take stock of our landscapes. Is there something to look forward to after the first frost nips the las...
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Right at home: Decor with built-in techOct 25, 2013 6:00 am - It’s one thing to have a beautiful, comfy bed. But what if it also included a TV screen, game console and dimmable, color-changing lights? Or say you’ve got just enough ...