Home and Garden
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Art in the garden: Autumn squash delights the sensesOct 02, 2011 6:12 am - It’s time to decorate our homes and outdoor spaces to embrace the spirit of the season. With the incredible selection of pumpkins, squash, gourds, and other natural mate...
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October in the garden: After hard frost is prime bulb-planting time;Oct 02, 2011 6:00 am - Fall is the season to select and plant bulbs for spring blooms. Investing some time and energy at the end of the gardening season can provide a great show in the spring....
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Designer specializes in making dreams come trueOct 02, 2011 6:00 am - Maida Korte's resume includes flying to San Antonio and South Carolina to help clients with their far-flung homes and making appearances now and then on HGTV shows. We ...
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Treasures in your attic: Is this Red Wing vase valuable?Oct 01, 2011 6:00 am - Q. The vase in the enclosed pictures has been in my possession for a long time. Unfortunately, I cannot remember how or when I obtained it. It is 10 inches tall and ...
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Hoover students put academic talents to work in garden projectSep 26, 2011 6:00 am - Students and faculty members will gather on Monday for the dedication of a new concept within Schaumburg schools: the Hoover Math and Science Academy. The open-enrollmen...
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Native species attract wildlife, help retain and filter waterSep 26, 2011 1:00 am - To Dorothy Nelson the answer is clear — conservancy areas like the ones she helps oversee at the Estates of Inverness Ridge are definitely assets. The wildlife — like go...
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Treasures in your attic: Was this chair designed by Arne Emile Jacobsen?Sep 25, 2011 1:00 am - Q. Is it possible that you could tell me something about this chair? I purchased it in the early 1960s when it was on display in a model home. I wonder what it is wo...
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Recycling can be a way to craft things of beautySep 25, 2011 1:00 am - Trash talk has helped Matthew Levesque fashion an inventive career in garden design. He holds “creative reuse” workshops, and his “yardscaping” creations made from local...
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Boyfriend is the nitpicky one in this relationshipSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I’m not sure if I’m being overly sensitive and/or nitpicky here: My boyfriend of seven months occasionally says hurtful things to me such as “You’re not attractiv...
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Divorce offers chance to reimagine home decorSep 24, 2011 11:00 pm - The last time Wendy Berghorst appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, in 2006, she was sharing a candlelit bath with her husband, for a feature on “Love Nests.” That w...