Home and Garden
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Guilty of houseplant homicide?Oct 31, 2021 6:32 pm - If you are the loving caretaker of a greenhouse worth of lovely and exotic house plants, this is not the story for you. If you are reasonably sure that you're ready for ...
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Shop owner uses color to blend the colonial décor she loves with a contemporary settingOct 31, 2021 6:33 pm - Mary Lou Mitchell's penthouse in downtown Arlington Heights would not surprise fans of her Pineapple Shop. Many of the items she sells in the home décor and gift shop de...
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Simple vegetable patch turns into a bumper cropOct 31, 2021 6:33 pm - Over the span of 30 years, Pinky and Irma Schroeder had their share of disagreements over his "back 80." It's not that she minds her husband's hobby, in fact, she believ...
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Beyond the berries
Oct 31, 2021 6:30 pm - Some raspberries are only for eating; others are worth looking at -- the plants, that is. And there are two particular kinds of raspberries that are especially good cand...
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Garden sets stage for Batavia artistOct 31, 2021 5:51 pm - I recently met Kathy and Haydon McPartland when I did a story on the Plain Dirt Gardeners' Garden Walk. The McPartlands' garden at their home on North Prairie Street was...
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Gardening a badge of honor for ScoutsOct 31, 2021 5:13 pm - Sprouts and gardens go hand and hand. Rarely do they include neckerchiefs. Or badges. Grayslake is breaking new ground, though, by throwing Scouts in the mix with its ve...
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Produce donations help clients struggling to get byOct 31, 2021 4:44 pm - Everything the Giving Garden program stands for starts with the people served by food pantries throughout the area. It's all about the clients. Too often, those living...
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Scout doing good garden deeds as part of projectsOct 31, 2021 4:29 pm - Rarely do people credit the Easter Bunny with making surprise deliveries of fresh, nutritious food. Chocolate and those marshmallow-y things, yes. Broccoli? Not so much....
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Include cheat sheet with unusual veggiesOct 31, 2021 4:24 pm - Ever cooked a patty pan squash? Yeah, me neither. In fact, I'd never even seen one until one of the Giving Garden drop-off sites called and asked if I knew the origin o...
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Garden volunteers ever vigilantOct 31, 2021 4:24 pm - Some people fight with their tomatoes. No, really. It's often a battle just to keep them alive. This is not the case for 400 students who planted their garden this sprin...