Home and Garden
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Got bulbs? Geneva will take themOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Gardeners, are you digging up, splitting and rearranging spring-blooming bulbs in your yard? The Geneva Beautification Committee would be glad to take any spares off you...
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New book features local school gardenOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The garden project at a local elementary school, Woodland Elementary West in Gages Lake, has been immortalized in a book. The author is Anne Nagano, who works on the gar...
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Garden calendarOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Garden Club • The Garden Club of Inverness meets 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, for a "Where on Earth did you find that?" discussion with Beau Kimball of Kimball and ...
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Gardening shaped Chicago and its suburbsOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - If the town where you live - say Arlington Heights, Barrington or Wheaton - has a distinctive personality, Cathy Jean Maloney wants you to understand how gardening helpe...
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Individual style needed to make house a homeOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - An interior design that's perfectly assembled and oh-so-stylish can still be unsatisfying. That's usually because the room in question lacks a personality of its own. It...
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Small maples good choice for smaller landscapesOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Many years ago when I was a mere sapling myself, my neighbor let me dig up a small tree from her yard. I planted it in my own yard and nurtured (i.e. ignored) it as only...
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Got bulbs? Geneva wants 'emOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Gardeners, are you digging up, splitting and rearranging spring-blooming bulbs in your yard? The Geneva Beautification Committee would be glad to take any spares off you...
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Attracting birds to your gardenOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Birds bring color and personality to every season in our back yards, and it turns out attracting them is not difficult. Birdseed - even the good stuff - is cheaper than ...
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Get a price break on a comfortable iconOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Times are tough, but some niceties are difficult to give up. If you're working longer hours, a great chair is even more important. Herman Miller Aeron has achieved cult ...
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The ups and downs of soil gradingOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have always been aware of your emphasis on making sure that soil is graded properly for drainage. I have never had a problem with water in my basement, but I am...