Articles filed under Gardening
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Garden walls can come alive with ‘living pictures’May 04, 2013 4:00 am - Looking for a fresh way to liven up your garden walls? Think plants, not paintings. Living pictures — cuttings of assorted succulents woven together in everything from p...
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Tips to keep your refrigerator sparklingApr 28, 2013 1:00 am - Think that cleaning your refrigerator (and keeping it clean) takes a lot of effort? Well, chill! Just follow these tips: Ÿ Create a homemade all-purpose cleaner by comb...
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Designing a small garden to yield big resultsApr 27, 2013 4:00 am - I recently moved to a home with acreage, but quickly realized that even large lots have small or quirky outdoor spaces that must be designed carefully and thoughtfully. ...
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Pizza ovens rise as backyard featuresApr 27, 2013 4:00 am - In 40 years of working at R.I. Lampus Co., Bob Welling has come up with some pretty good ideas for new cast-concrete products. In the time he has been trying out one of ...
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Don't toss it during spring cleaning, transform itApr 27, 2013 1:00 am - If you cup your hand to your ear, you can almost hear the hallelujah chorus being sung by the winter-weary who are glad spring is here. And with the arrival of spring, y...
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Plastic by just about any name has shaped modern furnitureApr 21, 2013 4:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Transparency may be in short supply in Washington, D.C., but in the furniture and fashion worlds it has been a clear winner for more than 75 years. Plastics ...
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What you should know before buying antiquesApr 20, 2013 4:00 am - When you shop for antiques, don’t go in cold. You need to have some knowledge so you don’t just end up with something old. “Just because something is old doesn’t mean it...
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Art in the garden: Put trees first in design plansApr 20, 2013 1:00 am - Flowers are usually the first thing folks consider when planning a new landscape, but trees should be at the top of their lists. Trees have the greatest visual impact an...
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Select plants best suited to your garden’s conditionsApr 19, 2013 1:00 am - After a long Chicago winter, it is easy to let spring fever take over when ordering plants from catalogs or buying plants from garden centers. But to ensure a successfu...
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Private school teaches well-off students to conserveApr 14, 2013 5:00 am - Students at Choate Rosemary Hall preparatory school consider the value of food scraps and the environmental impact of hair dryers. These are among the curricular wrinkle...