Articles filed under Home & Garden
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You can learn to love an imperfect homeAug 23, 2020 7:00 am - Depending on real estate market conditions, finding the perfect home may be an impossible feat. Forget the swooning and immediate pictures of life ever after. This is wh...
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Lilac of the weekAug 23, 2020 7:00 am - An outstanding French hybrid named Monge, or Syringa vulgaris, has very showy, short, broad panicles of single, redish-purple florets. The flowers are held on long stems...
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Designer creates a formula for a home that healsAug 23, 2020 7:00 am - After a sudden split from her husband of 10 years, Stevie McFadden discovered firsthand that our surroundings play an influential role during times of crisis. The reside...
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Winter radishes can add off-season color, flavorAug 23, 2020 7:00 am - Put a “wow” in your radishes by growing winter varieties. Winter radishes grow more slowly than spring radishes, requiring about two months to mature, and they remain cr...
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Man renovates historic house built by Frederick DouglassAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - After weeks of unrest in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, many residents fled Baltimore. While distraught about the injustices taking pl...
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Climate change keeps changing the game for home gardenersAug 22, 2020 6:00 am - Every year now, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say. The growing season has become longer, delivering bigger h...
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Get in your orders for Fall Sustainability Sale by Sept. 14Aug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will offer native plants, shrubs and trees for preorder until Sept. 14 during its Fall Sustainability Sale. Items are available o...
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It's great to be handy but sometimes it's OK to call for helpAug 17, 2020 7:00 am - As a homeowner, it's often tempting to bite off more than you can chew. Particularly, that DIY bathroom redo that you were hoping to save money on, that sagging garage r...
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Gardeners can extend growing season into the fallAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - Just when you thought the gardening season was over, fall arrives to prove you wrong. Many believe we hang up our trowels on Labor Day, as if Mother Nature slammed the ...
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Stevenson grad, volunteers spruce up yards of high-risk Buffalo Grove, Lake Zurich householdsAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - A team of seven volunteers organized by a 2018 Stevenson High School graduate helped clean up the yards of some Lake County homeowners in high risk households. The volun...