Home and Garden
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July in the garden: day lilies offer incredible selection of colorsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Gardeners who want super-tolerant, thrive-on-neglect plants often consider day lilies (Hemerocallis) to be the perfect perennial. While they are fully winter hardy, tole...
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Perennial Festival will show how to make most of your spaceJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - We all need to spend more time in our gardens. The benefits to body and soul are many. Planting, watering and weeding burn considerably more calories than watching TV. S...
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How to address three challenges in organic gardeningJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Three big issues come to mind when organic gardening is discussed. How should we deal with fertilizer, weeds and insects and other pests? Here are tips we gathered from ...
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Tips on getting kids interested in gardening
Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - These are boom times for home gardening, but as many parents know, it still isn't easy to get kids interested and involved. One way, experts say, is to teach children ho...
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Local weatherman works on other side of the cameraJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Caplan shoots plenty of nature photos in his own yard in Wadsworth. The setting is idyllic with a flower garden, birds of all kinds including hummingbirds and goldf...
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Hydrangeas, a summer staple, add splash of colorJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Ah, summer. Time for vacations, laying in the hammock and backyard barbecues. Before that next barbecue add a little color to your yard with some summer flowering shrubs...
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How deep will you sleep tonight? How about a body pillow?Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - If you're fickle in bed - one night wanting a fluffy pillow under your neck, the next desiring a full-length body pillow to spoon - well then have we got the match for y...
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Guided walks tour Millennium Park's Lurie GardenJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Garden tours • Guided walks of Millennium Park's Lurie Garden in Chicago are from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 20. These walks are free and led by a m...
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Hydrangeas lecture at Palatine's Knupper NurseryJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Seminars •"Hydrangeas: The Flower of Power" will be offered at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Knupper Nursery, 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Learn why hydrangeas conti...
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Planter's Palette to host garden walkJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The Planter's Palette in Winfield will host a benefit garden walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28. Twelve suburban and country gardens i...