Home and Garden
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Choose right plants to extend show of bloomsSep 26, 2013 1:00 am - When you buy mums and asters for fall display, choose plants whose flower buds are just beginning to open so the color will last longer in your garden. Generally mums a...
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Art in the garden: Dependable perennials extend the color in fall landscapesSep 24, 2013 1:00 am - If you want to add more autumnal colors to your landscape but don’t have enough space for an Autumn Blaze maple, plant perennials that boast showy fall foliage color as ...
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Pine needles won’t change soil aciditySep 23, 2013 1:00 am - Q. I have several blueberry bushes and heard that spreading pine needles around the base of the plants will increase the acidity of the soil. A. Soil is typically acidi...
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Trust your gut when choosing an Oriental rugSep 22, 2013 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The stunned crowd at Sotheby’s burst into a rare round of applause when a museum-quality Persian carpet sold for a record-setting $33.76 million in June. “It ...
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Green paint aside, these old chairs are quite niceSep 21, 2013 5:51 am - Q. This chair belonged to my grandmother, who was born in 1893. I remember seeing it in her house since the 1960s. There are actually two chairs, and I think someone tri...
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Ideas for maximizing your laundry or mudroomSep 20, 2013 12:28 am - What better room to trick out than your laundry or mudroom? Usually, it’s the smallest room in a house, so going for fun wallpaper or specialty faux finish shouldn’t be ...
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Does your family room need an update?Sep 18, 2013 3:14 pm - Ah, the family room. You might be sitting there right now, enjoying your Daily Herald. It’s the place you go to read, spend time with your children, snuggle with your s...
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Does your family room need an update?Sep 18, 2013 3:14 pm - Ah, the family room. You might be sitting there right now, enjoying your Daily Herald. It’s the place you go to read, spend time with your children, snuggle with your s...
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Collect your own seeds for next year's plantingSep 18, 2013 6:00 am - September finds me saving seeds of some of this year's best sweet peppers and most colorful flowers to plant in next year's garden. Why? Saving my own seeds from year ...
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Design options abound for drivewaysSep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - The driveway that came with the 1921 Craftsman-style house that David Ulick bought five years ago was the original concrete one, marred by cracks and with tree roots sta...