Home and Garden
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Guilty of houseplant homicide?Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - If you are the loving caretaker of a greenhouse worth of lovely and exotic house plants, this is not the story for you. If you are reasonably sure that you're ready for ...
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Furniture of the West Indies became passion for designerAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - While growing up, Michael Connors didn't get attached to the family furniture. It often disappeared. His father, the late Memphis, Tenn., interior designer Jack Connors...
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Things to doAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Flea markets •The Kane County Flea Market features hundreds of dealers offering antiques and collectibles. It runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept...
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Late summer a good time to add blooming perennialsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Is your perennial garden winding down along with the summer? It doesn't have to be that way. Now is a great time to spark up the border with some late-flowering perennia...
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Simple vegetable patch turns into a bumper cropAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Over the span of 30 years, Pinky and Irma Schroeder had their share of disagreements over his "back 80." It's not that she minds her husband's hobby, in fact, she believ...
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Garden sets stage for Batavia artistAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I recently met Kathy and Haydon McPartland when I did a story on the Plain Dirt Gardeners' Garden Walk. The McPartlands' garden at their home on North Prairie Street was...
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Gardening a badge of honor for ScoutsAug 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Sprouts and gardens go hand and hand. Rarely do they include neckerchiefs. Or badges. Grayslake is breaking new ground, though, by throwing Scouts in the mix with its ve...
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Produce donations help clients struggling to get byJul 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Everything the Giving Garden program stands for starts with the people served by food pantries throughout the area. It's all about the clients. Too often, those living...
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Scout doing good garden deeds as part of projectsJul 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Rarely do people credit the Easter Bunny with making surprise deliveries of fresh, nutritious food. Chocolate and those marshmallow-y things, yes. Broccoli? Not so much....
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Include cheat sheet with unusual veggiesJul 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Ever cooked a patty pan squash? Yeah, me neither. In fact, I'd never even seen one until one of the Giving Garden drop-off sites called and asked if I knew the origin o...