Home and Garden
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Interior design for the back yard: Begin with space planningMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - It's that time of year when the outdoors calls us to come out and play. Your home is beautiful on the inside and now it is time to take some of that beauty outside for a...
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Smart Home's new gadgets are full of energyMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry has been automated since it opened a few years ago, controlling heating and air conditioning, turning televisions an...
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Backyard expo show planned for Lake County fairgroundsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Tours, walks •The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners is looking for unique, mature gardens for its 2010 garden walk. To have your garden considered for the walk, call chairwom...
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Smart Home graduates to next levelMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Carol Schalla learned the Midwest has caught up with the green lifestyle when she redesigned the decor for the Smart Home at the Museum of Science & Industry. The senior...
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Tips for growing no-fear easy-care orchidsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Think orchids are just for those with green thumbs and garden aprons filled with gadgets and secret instructions? Think again. Now there are no-fear orchids for everyone...
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Nodder engravings date to late 1700s, but there were two of themMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. We recently found a treasure in our basement. My husband's aunt left him two hand-colored engravings of birds by the artist Nodder. They are 4 by 6 inches and hav...
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Growing roses is easy with these simple tipsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - No other flower can evoke romance in the garden like a rose. As America's favorite flower, roses can be found adorning homes in quaint coastal villages to rural farmland...
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Get organized, save money, be happyMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - A disorganized home wastes time, and time is money. It can be frustrating if you're constantly misplacing items, throwing out spoiled food that went missing in the kitch...
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Old books fascinating but few have any great monetary valueMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I've enclosed a series of photographs of a book I found at Goodwill for $5. It is titled "The Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry" and subtitled "Comprising the Best ...
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Miniblinds, 'found' stuff become jewelry, artMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - BATON ROUGE, La. -- Ann Knox was green before being green was the thing to be. For the past three decades or so, Knox has mined garage sales (and made the occasional cur...