Home and Garden
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Hoffman Estates Garden club hosts lecture on annualsFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - • The Hoffman Estates Garden Club hosts Laury Hartman for a lecture on "Amazing Annuals" at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S....
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Finally, it's time to prepare for digging seasonFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Every year vegetable gardeners who plant cool-season crops - including beets, carrots, radishes, a wide variety of greens, and more - wait until soil temperatures are co...
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Find Spring at the Flower & Garden ShowFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The joys of spring - blooming flowers and greenery of all types winding around steel sculptures and charming small buildings - greet visitors to the Chicago Flower & Gar...
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Entrance hall in need of makeover is an opportunity to have funFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Most of the decisions involved in designing an interior - choosing colors and textures, for example - are based on established principles for achieving balance and contr...
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Is your deck ready for the in-laws?Feb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Summer will come. We promise. And when it does, the word is we'll be spending more time at home because entertaining family and friends here costs less than going out. F...
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Follow these decorating rules, but only if you want toFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Rules are made to be broken. That's very true - and even legal - when you're dealing with decorating. But on the other hand, rules such as "don't hang too many family pi...
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Keeping a garden journal lecture scheduledFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Garden lectures • Bonnie Tawse, coordinator of environmental programs for Millennium Park, leads a lecture on "Keeping a Garden Journal" from 10 a.m. to noon, Satur...
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Indoor avocados are an iffy proposition
Feb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Everybody wants to grow some of their own food these days. How about avocados? We're talking about a plant that really does bear fruit, not just the stems and leaves you...
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How to insulate yourself from teen noiseFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Noise in the home can be a maddening problem, but it's seldom adequately addressed in plans for renovations of older houses. And that's an unfortunate oversight. While n...
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Not pretty: rugs from child laborFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - While we often worry about the working conditions of the people who make products we buy, the South Asian rug industry is notorious. Several groups are working to help t...