Home and Garden
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Virtual garden tours can teach, entertain, enticeFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - AP - Travel is a great way to top off an education, especially for gardeners, who can pick up landscape and planting ideas and advice by seeing others' gardens. But they...
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Home office essentials: What to look for
Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - More and more Americans are working from home, whether that means plopping a laptop on the dining room table or having a room dedicated as an office. Phones and computer...
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Furniture deserves a second chanceFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - The old cliché states that one man's junk is another's treasure. Used furniture has long fit the junk, or at least shabby, definition in the minds of many. While "shabby...
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Tchotchkes are not meant for a museum caseFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Some of us buy things because of their looks; some buy things as mementos of a place or an experience; and some buy things in order to show off their taste, worldliness ...
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How you treat woodwork can make all the difference in a spaceJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Bargains are always alluring, and never more so than now. But while good deals can indeed be had in today's housing market, the "buyer beware" rule remains very much in ...
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Pruning bonsai is at least an annual affair
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Hoffman Estates Garden Club presenting talk on native flora, faunaJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - • The Hoffman Estates Garden Club presents Art Gara from Art and Linda's Wildflowers to discuss flowers, grasses and wildlife are native to the Chicago area and how to i...
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Wouldn't this look great with broccoli?Jan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - If this is your first year to grow vegetables, you are in luck. Many terrific new varieties are out there. Some of them are so much fun that even children who reject eve...
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Just right: Find smaller trees for your yardJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Trees are the "bones" of your garden and yard, and they can be a big help in your campaign for year-around interest. But oftentimes in the suburban yard it's best if the...
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Lots to do in February despite the cold, ice and snowJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Some years February feels like late winter; other years it's more like early spring. What this month will offer gardeners who are longing to work outdoors is anyone's gu...