Home and Garden
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Start a compost pile now; add leaves later in seasonOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Fall is one of the best times to start a home compost pile. "As vegetable and flower gardens start to reach their peak and start to fade, lawns still need mowing and the...
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Inside and outOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - It's sophisticated and helps find cure A classy touch of pink will enliven your decor and fight breast cancer. To celebrate October as breast cancer awareness month...
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Charles' expansive organic gardens are fit for, well, a prince
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - HIGHGROVE HOUSE, England -- The head gardener to Prince Charles here has gotten used to unusual requests from the heir to the British throne. Like the time David Howard ...
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October in the gardenOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - If you are adding colorful spring-blooming bulbs to your garden this month, consider planting some in containers to "force" into an early indoor bloom. Forcing bulbs req...
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Changing color scheme can update roomOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - There's contemporary design -- and then there's more contemporary design. The more contemporary version of contemporary design can be adapted, at least in part, to rooms...
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Who says an office has to have a desk?Oct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - You might call the Merchandise Mart's Dream Home the "anti" house. It features an anti-office, anti-kitchen and anti-media room. Most of the rooms -- each by a differe...
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Some vines do well in shadeOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Vines that do well in the shade are real treasures, filling trellises and blank walls above hostas, ferns and other low-growing plants. I've tried Dutchman's pipe, sweet...
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It's hard to choose a favorite among viburnum variationsOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - "Contestant number one: What stands around 6 foot tall, likes well-drained soil with even moisture, tolerates sun to part shade, has pink buds that open to white snowbal...
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Things to doOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Kane County Flea Market is 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Parking is free and admission is $5 (free for kids aged ...
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Inside & outOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - When you need a touch of vintage It's always fun to visit Architectural Artifacts, and they promise there's a new shipment for your perusal. For example, here's a funky ...