Home and Garden
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Early Nov. is the time to plant spring bulbsOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Early November is a good time to plant spring-flowering bulbs in containers that will be "forced' into early indoor bloom. A little time spent planting now will add live...
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Garden calendarOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Garden club • The Hoffman Estates Garden Club hosts Julia Lamken of The Growing Place in Naperville to present a discussion on "Vertical Gardening" at 7 p.m. Thursday, N...
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Not so spooky: Stories from the gardenOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - During the beauty of the fall harvest we celebrate Halloween. The combination of enjoying the bounty and contemplating more ethereal issues makes this the perfect time t...
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Carve a pumpkin with winning waysOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Have you noticed that pumpkin carving has become a rather skilled competitive sport? Here are some tips from Pumpkin Masters, which makes carving kits, battery-operated ...
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Create color in the winter gardenOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - For winter color in the garden, think in terms of fruit, foliage, bark and accessories. Fruit The winter fruit familiar to gardeners and non-gardeners alike is holly, th...
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Garden calendarOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Lecture • Kevin Zippel presents a "Year of the Frog" lecture as part of The Amphibian Ark program that highlights how many amphibian species are threatened with extincti...
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Garden calendarOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Workshops • Knupper Nursery hosts a seminar on preparing gardens for winter at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Call (847) 359-1080 for more in...
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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 ...