Home and Garden
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Sofas become personal statements in tough economyNov 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Today's hot sofas may range in style, size, color and design, but they have one quality in common: comfort. “The notion of comfort is a very personal thing – what's comf...
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Brighten up your shady spots with spring bulbsNov 04, 2010 11:00 pm - It's spring bulb-planting season. My advice: Get yourself a kneeling pad and stout trowel, and set aside a day or two over the next month to plant as many little bulbs...
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Putting your landscape to bed for the winterOct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Our gardens are celebrating their last hurrah. While we are enjoying the autumn jewel tones blazing in our landscapes, it seems funny to consider our spring gardens. But...
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Color combinations to inspire your fallOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Take Mother Nature's cues for trendiest hues
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Tips on how best to winterize your gardenOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - It is a good idea to sharpen and clean garden tools when putting them away for the season. Well-maintained tools make gardening much easier. Use pegboard on your garage ...
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Nature museum goes out on a limb with new exhibitOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - When a recent study found that kids weren't developing an appreciation for trees, the Arbor Day Foundation knew it had to take action. The not-for-profit organization he...
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Marigold marks the Day of the DeadOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The flower now called Mexican marigold was known to the Aztecs as Yauhtli, or “the fog.” Some say imbibing its alkaloids fogged the human brain. Aztec priests blew a dri...
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Build your landscape with a structure in mindOct 24, 2010 1:00 am - A landscape can be developed in a variety of ways. One of the easiest is to think about it in the same sense as a house. At its most basic a house consists of walls, cei...
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Stickley tilt-top table would draw little at auctionOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have inherited a 24-inch tilt-top table with the burned-in name “Stickley Fayetteville Syracuse." My preliminary research tells me that several Stickley compani...
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Mulch perennials after ground freezesOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I noticed my neighbor applying mulch to many of the perennials in his garden. I remember reading somewhere that you should not apply mulch too early. Is that true...