Home and Garden
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Palatine man takes backyard gardening to a new levelSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Tom Anderson of Palatine has taken backyard gardening to a whole new level. With his nearly 300 feet of land filled with vegetable plots and fruit trees, the term, gentl...
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Why are my beans purple, Daddy? It all starts with the anthocyanins
Sep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It sure would be hard to explain to any young child why cooking would turn purple beans, such as the variety Royal Burgundy, from purple to green. Which cooking does. Yo...
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Arlington Heights housewalk features five distinctive architectural stylesSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Healing garden open Healing Gardens, a 2-acre woodland and perennial gardens on Stone Hill Farm off Dean Street in St. Charles, will open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tod...
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Alaskan homeless shelter planning terraced community garden
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Fall annuals put their colors out in cooler weatherSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Cooler temperatures may signal the end of another summer, but they don't have to mean the end of color in your landscape. Unlike summer-loving annuals, fall annuals reli...
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Parents return to nature for creative, fun back yardsSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of my fondest memories from childhood involve playing in the ravine next to my grandmother's home with my cousins. There wasn't a swing set or jungle gym in sight. ...
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Let native plants take their natural place instead of suburban lawnSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Being au naturel can get you in trouble. At the very least it leads to hushed comments and disapproving stares. But my lawn is used to this. It went native about 11 yea...
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Fall is the time for bulbs and some will bloom right awaySep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Most fall-planted bulbs don't bloom until spring, but autumn crocus bulbs planted early this month will provide a same-season show of dazzling fall blooms. Autumn crocus...
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Flower bulbs make a 'box lunch' for garden pests
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Hard times hit the Missouri Botanical GardenSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis will impose mandatory pay cuts, a hiring freeze and staff reductions through attrition. President Peter Raven ann...