Home and Garden
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Heat doesn't discourage Waukegan family gardenersJul 23, 2012 6:00 am - The recent high temperatures did little to discourage members of the Waukegan Public Library's Digging in the Dirt Family Gardening Club. On July 3, the group gathered f...
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Ditching the dryer: Tips for airing clean laundryJul 23, 2012 6:00 am - Think clotheslines are a relic of a bygone era, a time when our grandmothers slaved over their dainties with stiff birch-wood pins? Think again. Hanging clothes is hot, ...
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Arlington Hts.: Treat trees for EAB nowJul 23, 2012 5:00 am - As the Arlington Heights Village Board and residents lament, these coming attractions will soon appear in your neighborhood: Ÿ 10-15 percent drop in home values Ÿ 15 per...
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Plants thrive in differing growing seasonsJul 22, 2012 5:00 am - One secret makes Susan Brunstrum's garden look more mature than its tender age: She moved 35 bushes and 750 perennials from her old house when she downsized to a 1920s c...
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Before planting, consider vines’ ups and downsJul 22, 2012 1:00 am - Few plants adorn arbors or trellises as beautifully as flowering vines. They also can enhance the landscape with fragrance, provide shade and screen unsightly views. Bu...
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Out, spot: how to combat blackspot on rosesJul 21, 2012 1:00 am - If it’s your rose bush rather than your dog that you’re calling “spot,” then it’s time for action. And getting rid of blackspot — the disease that’s marring your roses —...
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Greek key design appearing everywhere from furniture to pillowsJul 21, 2012 1:00 am - It sounds too good to be true: A design element that works in traditional and modern, casual and formal. But that's exactly what the Greek key motif does. “It's a very c...
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Garden club members work to fill food pantry with produceJul 20, 2012 11:00 am - An unusual garden stood out among the many stops on last month's garden walk hosted by the Schaumburg Garden Club: a 5,000-square-foot vegetable garden, whose sole purpo...
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Keep your garden feeling blue all seasonJul 20, 2012 6:00 am - From the first glimpse of grape hyacinths in spring to the statuesque splendor of morning glories in September, blue flowers capture our hearts. It may be the scarcity o...
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Taking a shine to lacquer and high-gloss paintJul 20, 2012 1:00 am - Virginia designer Raji Radhakrishnan, who recently participated in New York’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House, answers questions from Washington Post readers about design ...