Home and Garden
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Suburban garden walks offer chance to get inspiredJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - From an estate that's part of Barrington Hills' legendary Hill 'N Dale Farm to a garden that a landscape architect built around her historic Batavia home and the atypica...
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Plenty of plants will perform in dry shadeJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I am fortunate enough to have enough property to have gardens in both sun and shade. Many years ago, I spent more time in my sunny gardens tanning my back while planting...
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Garden calendarJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - • The Wheeling Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at the Pavilion Senior Center, 199 N. First St., Wheeling. Call (847) 537-8642 for more information. • The...
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Goodbye spring, hello summer in the gardenJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - June in the garden is both the end of spring and beginning of summer. It's a month when faltering cool-season annuals are exchanged for heat-loving replacements. When th...
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Local architects have central role in annual historical society house walkJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It takes a special gift to walk into a house and imagine its possibilities. Most people see a house for what it is. However, only those with that special vision see a ho...
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Yours might grow better than mineJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Testing plants is always a challenge. Plants that don't perform in my garden might do well with your green thumb. For example, last year I grew Blazin' Lime iresine in w...
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Upcoming garden walks throughout the suburbsJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Here are more garden walks blooming throughout the suburbs this summer. June 12-13 The Geneva Experience features five gardens open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 12 a...
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Hoffman Estates garden club hosts talk on soils and when to plantMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Green thumb clubs • The Hoffman Estates Garden Club hosts Luci Barnas for a presentation on "Soils and When to Plant" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Schaumburg ...
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Undertaking a historic preservation is no ordinary home improvement projectMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Maybe it is a result of our country being relatively isolated, or maybe it is due to the United States being a young country when compared to those in Europe. But whatev...
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Horse manure good for your garden and usually cheap or freeMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Call me crazy, but I just love the smell of horse manure. Not only does it grow fabulous plants naturally, it's typically cheap or free. Most horse owners are keen on ge...