Home and Garden
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A healthy resolution for 2025? Start a garden. Tips for beginners
Jan 22, 2025 4:29 pm - A few hours spent outdoors nurturing fruits, flowers and vegetables each week can provide physical exercise, stress reduction, vitamin D and even a better diet – all steps that show up in many people’s resolutions for the new year. Getting started is easy.
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Fox Lake flip wins ‘Ugliest House of the Year’ award from national company
Jan 22, 2025 4:07 pm - A pair of Antioch home flippers purchased a 100-year-old house in Fox Lake and renovated it, earning them an “Ugliest House of the Year”’ award from their company.
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Architects are bringing nature home by making trees part of the plan
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How to manage your garden catalog feverJan 22, 2025 1:46 pm - Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants that will prosper in your garden’s growing conditions and meet your design goals.
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Selling a home with a bad foundationJan 22, 2025 1:15 pm - A seller with suspected foundation problems wonders whether to try to fix it or leave it for the buyers. A seasoned home inspector offers advice.
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‘To anyone who lost their home in the #lafire I will paint it for free’
Jan 22, 2025 12:36 am - Some who lost their homes in the L.A. fires this month are finding a salve in the form of a free painting by a local artist, who felt moved to do the acts of service to pay tribute to the buildings that housed more than just possessions for those affected.
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Home & garden calendar, Jan. 26-Feb. 2Jan 22, 2025 12:14 am - Diverse ecosystems, seedling sale, accessible gardening and more.
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How to clean before, during and after norovirusJan 20, 2025 4:30 pm - If your family has suffered the dreaded norovirus, your home needs more attention during and after the illness to keep everyone in the household safe. Norovirus calls for what are known as “enhanced precautions” when it comes to cleaning and disinfecting.
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Hoffman Estates buying back yard waste stickersJan 20, 2025 1:45 pm - With Hoffman Estates eliminating yard waste stickers starting April 1, a sticker buy-back program is running at village hall.
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Art Deco style is popular again, a century after its heyday