Home and Garden
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Let Latin culture grow on you at Macy's plant displayMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Latin culture swings through Macy's flagship store on State Street in Chicago. Floranova, which runs through March 30, features artwork, music, food and, of course, thou...
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Company goes mainstream with green ethicMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Tom Szaky had an idea five years ago to start a company that is different than most. "The fundamental basis is that we make products out of waste, and our products need...
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Hardy, shade-loving hellebores bloom even through frostMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Shade gardeners - who have different standards than those blessed with sunny stretches - have elevated the shy hellebore to star status. Called the Lenten Rose because o...
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Lots to do to prepare garden for growing seasonMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Leaves from a gardener's notebook: • For the easiest way to prevent troubles in the iris patch, remove all old iris foliage and bloom stalks before new spring growth app...
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'Arts and crafts' style making big comebackMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." Those words of William Morris -- British poet, socialist and wallpaper and f...
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Household bars have moved out of basementsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - An at-home bar was once predictably located in what used to be called a club basement. That liquor would be served there was an equally safe assumption back in those day...
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Garden calendarMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Garden clubs • The Arlington Heights Garden Club hosts Marolyn Bina for a slide show on heirloom perennials and annuals at 7 p.m. Monday at the Arlington Heights Library...
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How to get the most Endless Summer bloomsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Endless Summer is an introduction from Bailey Nurseries in Minnesota, which should know what it's doing as far as northern gardening is concerned. However, gardeners -- ...
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You can't beat hydrangeas for big, bold bloomsMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Hydrangeas produce big, gaudy flowers in sun or part shade, showy in the landscape and as cut flowers. They brighten our summers with blooms of white, pink, purple, blue...
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Allow niece to find her own pathMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I was checking out my 12-year-old daughter's MySpace (she knows I do this as a condition of her having it) and found my 14-year-old niece's MySpace (that my brother a...