Articles filed under Home & Garden
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As fall winds down, get your yard ready for winterNov 22, 2020 6:00 am - It is a good idea to sharpen and clean garden tools when putting them away for the season. Sharpen spades with an electric hand grinder and put the bevel on the inside e...
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These online plant sellers have a moment in the sunNov 22, 2020 5:00 am - When Danae Horst and her husband, Bill, owners of plant nursery Folia Collective in Los Angeles, looked around in March, "we thought we were done," she says. They feared...
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How to share an office with your partner — and 'work spouse'Nov 20, 2020 10:00 pm - LaVonia and Arthur Linder have navigated life together in Washington, D.C., for 51 years — raising three children, juggling two careers (he as a high school principal fo...
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Record turnout at Naperville Park District's 2020 Pumpkin SmashNov 20, 2020 10:00 pm - Unseasonably warm weather and the opportunity to take part in a socially distanced outdoor event helped bring hundreds of people to the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots on...
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Starting at the Roots: Geneva Middle School North science students learn observation skillsNov 15, 2020 10:00 pm - Geneva Middle School North science students learn observation skills
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Smaller, charming homes likely to make a returnNov 15, 2020 6:01 am - It has been a long time, probably since the 1920s and '30s, since the small home has been on the minds of architects and designers. It's not that there aren't capable pr...
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This will be a Christmas to rememberNov 15, 2020 6:00 am - Christmas 2020 may be unlike any other Christmas in recent memory. Families will probably celebrate largely in isolation, socializing only with those with whom they live...
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Could astronauts grow plants in soil?Nov 15, 2020 6:00 am - NASA has sent a lot of strange stuff into space. It sent gold-plated music albums and photos on the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes. It sent pieces of Kitty Hawk, the legen...
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Nothing lasts forever: When to replace household itemsNov 15, 2020 6:00 am - Savvy homeowners replace common household items in a timely fashion. But staying on top of such duties is no small feat. "It's often easy to overlook when items should b...
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Testing garden soil helps you select right fertilizerNov 15, 2020 5:00 am - Have your garden soil tested to determine how best to manage it and what fertilizers to use. Make a composite sample from a few areas in the bed and send the sample in f...