Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Home & garden calendar, Aug. 3-9Jul 29, 2025 8:11 pm - Upcoming garden club meetings, events, and shows in the suburbs, covering topics such as flower arranging, bonsai, heirloom gardening, and more.
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5 common tomato problems and how to solve themJul 29, 2025 8:05 pm - Tomatoes are the quintessential summer garden crop, but they’re not always simple to grow.
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Let kids create their own garden, and other tips for instilling a love for growing thingsJul 29, 2025 7:57 pm - Giving children ownership of small garden plots makes them more engaged. They learn responsibility from watering and weeding.
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How to properly fertilize and prune containers and beds for healthier plantsJul 29, 2025 11:47 am - Chicago Botanic Garden’s Tim Johnson shares tips for maintaining perennial and annual garden beds, including weeding, pruning, staking, and fertilizing.
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Tips to tend a garden in late summerJul 29, 2025 11:27 am - There's plenty of work to be done in the garden come the end of summer. Here are some tips on important tasks.
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The basics of window replacement projectsJul 29, 2025 11:19 am - Window replacement projects require careful consideration so homeowners identify the best products for their home.
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Pura Scents recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers as magnet issue may cause ingestion hazardJul 26, 2025 1:53 pm - Pura Scents is recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers because some magnets may detach and cause a possible ingestion hazard to children.
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Knox Garden Walk yields $5K for Northern Illinois Food BankJul 23, 2025 9:13 pm - Over 300 people toured gardens in Naperville during Knox Presbyterian's event, raising $5,000 to supply food pantries across 11 counties.
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Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptickJul 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out prospective homebuyers.
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Home sales fade in June as national median sales price hits an all-time high of $435,300Jul 23, 2025 3:38 pm - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels.