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Home & garden calendar, Aug. 3-9

Jul 29, 2025 8:11 pm - Upcoming garden club meetings, events, and shows in the suburbs, covering topics such as flower arranging, bonsai, heirloom gardening, and more.
5 common tomato problems and how to solve them

By Kate Morgan
Jul 29, 2025 8:05 pm - Tomatoes are the quintessential summer garden crop, but they’re not always simple to grow.
Let kids create their own garden, and other tips for instilling a love for growing things

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Jul 29, 2025 7:57 pm - Giving children ownership of small garden plots makes them more engaged. They learn responsibility from watering and weeding.
How to properly fertilize and prune containers and beds for healthier plants

By Tim Johnson
Jul 29, 2025 11:47 am - Chicago Botanic Garden’s Tim Johnson shares tips for maintaining perennial and annual garden beds, including weeding, pruning, staking, and fertilizing.
Tips to tend a garden in late summer

By Metro Creative
Jul 29, 2025 11:27 am - There's plenty of work to be done in the garden come the end of summer. Here are some tips on important tasks.
The basics of window replacement projects

By Metro Creative
Jul 29, 2025 11:19 am - Window replacement projects require careful consideration so homeowners identify the best products for their home.
Pura Scents recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers as magnet issue may cause ingestion hazard

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Jul 26, 2025 1:53 pm - Pura Scents is recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers because some magnets may detach and cause a possible ingestion hazard to children.
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptick

By ALEX VEIGA
Jul 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
Home sales fade in June as national median sales price hits an all-time high of $435,300

By ALEX VEIGA
Jul 23, 2025 3:38 pm - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels.
Community association proposes buyer fee changes

By Matthew Moodhe
Jul 23, 2025 1:15 pm - A community association wants to change its declaration to establish a buyer/new member fee based on a percentage of the gross selling price, in addition to an existing seller resale fee.

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