Home and Garden
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Old favorites, new looksJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - If you get excited about a new marigold, phlox, hellebore or even impatiens, this is your year. You don't have to venture outside your comfort zone to find adventure thi...
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Harvesting nuggets of helpful garden informationJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Garden books are stacked so tall beside my recliner that my husband calls that corner of the room my "information compost." Some of my favorite gleanings from this winte...
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No need to choose between attractiveness and accessibilityJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Many products and architectural features have been developed to aid accessibility in public spaces and workplaces. Single-family houses, apartments and condo units are n...
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Some less-expensive ways to learn gardening
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Wannabe gardeners can dig up some practical and no cost/low-cost gardening advice from one or more of the following: • University and county extension services. The many...
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Teens will love making, and wearing this simple designJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. My daughter and three of her friends are preteens. They want to make something simple to wear during spring break, when we all will be going to a resort where it's wa...
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Living with art: How to choose it, display it and enjoy itJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Do the words "art niche" strike terror in your heart? What responsibility, what a challenge. What will we put there? Do you think all paintings, prints or photos look be...
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Garden coaches give novices confidence as their skills bloom
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Pruning branches more than just a snip here and thereJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Just as an uncontrolled crowd can do a lot of damage, uncontrolled crowding of tree limbs can, too. The best time to train a tree is also the easiest: When the tree is y...
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Tracing the roots of the seedless Clementine
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Sikes shares advice on artworkJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Favorite tips from "The Artful Home" by Toni Sikes. • Whether you hang your artwork on white or colored walls is individual taste and preference, she said. In the book, ...