Articles filed under Home & Garden
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A 20-minute ‘closing shift’ gets you more than a clean kitchenSep 16, 2025 4:51 pm - Establishing a “closing shift” routine in your kitchen can streamline your evenings and make your mornings run a little more smoothly, by helping you take control of one of the most used spaces of your home.
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Honey oak is back in our homes. Just don’t call it honey oak.Sep 16, 2025 4:41 pm - Honey oak, a warm-toned wood once derided, is experiencing a resurgence as designers embrace its natural, grounded aesthetic.
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Transform your houseplants into art with this Japanese gardening techniqueSep 16, 2025 4:34 pm - The third week of September is National Houseplant Week. It’s a great time to explore a practice called kokedama and have a little fun making a special addition to our collections.
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I’ve battled backyard wasps for two years. Guess who won?Sep 16, 2025 4:11 pm - I’ve tried every known remedy to eliminate what I was sure were hornets in my backyard, but after two summers of battling them, I’m ready to concede: They have won the war.
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Fall lawn care: Combating crabgrass, protecting trees, ordering bulbsSep 16, 2025 4:02 pm - This summer, it seems there has been more crabgrass than usual in lawns. This annual weedy grass seeds readily in the fall and colonizes bare areas.
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Buyer steps into cracked bathtubSep 16, 2025 2:41 pm - The home I just bought has a cracked bathtub. The sellers tried to fix the crack, but the patch cracked the first time I stepped into the tub.
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Energy-efficient windows and doors available with more than 200 custom glass optionsSep 14, 2025 4:00 am - American Thermal Window of Chicago and Sahara Window and Doors of Niles have added another brand to their repertoire and now offer 11 window lines and 58 different door styles, with 36 standard paint and stain combinations and more than 200 custom glass options.
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Algonquin Garden Club gets grants to fund Miyawaki Mini-ForestSep 11, 2025 10:53 pm - The Algonquin Garden Club secured $6,100 in grants for its Miyawaki Mini-Forest project, which aims to plant a dense, biodiverse forest at the Dixie Briggs Nature Preserve.
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On the web: A look at 2 garden spiders you may find in your yardSep 10, 2025 4:30 am - Based on late summer calls received here at Stillman, people are or will be discovering garden spiders in their yards and near their places of business. Here’s a look at two of them.
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Learn about ecosystem restoration in public and private spacesSep 09, 2025 1:19 pm - Jack Pizzo, founder and principal of The Pizzo Group, will talk about “Nature Restored“ at the next Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners meeting on Sept. 16.