Home and Garden
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Things to doOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Kendall County Flea Market is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Routes 47 and 71, Yorkville. Parking is free and admission is $5 (free for kids ag...
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Primitive horsetails show toughness
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Horsetails are in their full glory now, looking crisp and green even as the season's wind, rain and pests have taken their toll on most other plants. Horsetails' toughne...
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Great pumpkinsOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - It's Cinderella time for our favorite squash. The pumpkin, whose best shot at glamour used to be ending up as a jack-o'-lantern on your front stoop, is now a decorating ...
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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
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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...