Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Trendy or not? Why not mix the two?Oct 10, 2021 7:01 am - Editor's note: Joseph Pubillones is taking some time off. This column originally published in 2017. Are you more cool contemporary, shabby chic or traditional with a twi...
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Prepare to take action with first frostOct 10, 2021 7:00 am - The average first frost at the Chicago Botanic Garden is Oct. 15, though it is typically later in Chicago. Tender plants can be protected from light freezes by covering ...
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Chances are your home's exterior needs attentionOct 09, 2021 6:15 am - For many in the year of COVID, it was a long, cold winter. But if you own a home, you found yourself quarantined inside a warm and safe sanctuary and were comfortably pr...
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Help save 3 acres of rare fen habitat at Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve Oct. 17Oct 08, 2021 11:00 pm - A new kind of conservation initiative seeks to restore the threatened Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve in the Village of Lakewood at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17. All are invit...
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Two DuPage County Master Gardeners earn state honorsOct 06, 2021 11:00 pm - The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener program recognized two DuPage County volunteers for excellence in serving their communities. Linda Kunesh of Carol S...
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Home decor becomes more personal: 'Your house becomes your story'Oct 03, 2021 7:00 am - As fall nesting season returns, home decor retailers are presenting collections that reflect the idea that home is where our hearts and heads are. Our long housebound st...
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Autumn is a time to multiply plantsOct 03, 2021 7:00 am - Fall is a great time to plant and transplant trees and shrubs. Fall conditions, which include warm soil, moderate air temperatures and rain, help plants re-establish the...
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Monkey business is big business in decorating worldOct 03, 2021 7:00 am - Editor's note: This column was first published in 2017. The adage “what's old is new again” couldn't be more true. It wasn't too long ago that we saw monkeys in every ac...
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Style-savvy housewarming gifts to make you shineOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - Bread and salt. Wine. A broom or sack of flour. Honey, pineapples, even bluebirds — a symbol of happiness — have been bestowed on people moving into new homes over the c...
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Simple furnace maintenance you can do yourselfOct 02, 2021 6:00 am - Q: My furnace seems to be working properly, but I want to keep it running at its highest efficiency. Are there any simple furnace maintenance tasks I can regularly do my...