Articles filed under Gardening
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Grayslake garden club offers scholarshipMar 28, 2012 12:18 pm - The Grayslake Greenery Garden Club is committed to encouraging interest in all phases of home gardening, promoting civic beautification and promoting conservation of nat...
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If it’s a Hunzinger lollipop chair, value could be $1,000Mar 27, 2012 2:27 pm - Q. This chair has been in our family for some time now and we know little of its history or value. Local antiques dealers have given it the style name “stick and ball.” ...
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From artsy to functional, great designs at housewares showMar 26, 2012 3:00 am - Great new tabletop designs for your home turned up at the recent International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. We found Mondrian-inspired flatware at the Philadelphi...
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Navajo rug not worth much moneyMar 25, 2012 4:32 am - Q. While stationed in Phoenix in the mid-1980s, I bought this rug for $500 from an officer whose mother wove Navajo rugs. The textile was made using natural yarns, which...
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Craftspeople from hardest-hit areas of Japan display wares in ChicagoMar 25, 2012 2:00 am - Naked Pan makes cast iron cookware unseasoned until a cook gets ahold of it. Wired Beans makes beautiful red glasses. These companies and others from the areas of Japan ...
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Warm winter means no tulips for Kentucky DerbyMar 24, 2012 7:21 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s called the Run for the Roses, but thousands of tulips are also part of the landscape at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby. Not this year. ...
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Don’t let the weather trick you into planting too soonMar 24, 2012 1:00 am - Don’t be fooled into starting your garden too early. After a winter of above-normal temperatures, spring is following suit. Vegetable-garden veterans call this “false sp...
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Balmy spring no boon to area orchardsMar 22, 2012 12:48 pm - Who thinks this extra-warm spring has been horrible? What’s not to like about sun-kissed 80-degree days, balmy evenings eating dinner out on the deck, early-morning jogs...
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Organizing tips from an expert and amateursMar 20, 2012 11:32 am - Professional organizer Rachel Strisik shares five organizing fundamentals: It’s better to take it slow. “People will say, ‘I want to organize my entire bedroom,’ but tha...
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Get organized with 20-minute projectsMar 20, 2012 1:21 am - Whether your home is 700 square feet or 7,000, having organized spaces will make your life easier and less stressful, says professional organizer Rachel Strisik, who is ...