Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Blending lives - and design stylesFeb 21, 2016 12:00 am - Interior designer Barry Dixon joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently on the newspaper's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt: Q. Can you suggest a m...
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Planning an herb garden that's pretty and practicalFeb 21, 2016 12:00 am - At our house, 'tis the season for graph paper. Quad-ruled pads are ready on our desks, so we can plan our summer gardens as the seed catalogs arrive. Right now those gar...
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An unseasonable appetite for mintFeb 21, 2016 12:00 am - I recently had a craving for fresh mint. I wanted to toss it with sliced oranges, knead it into meatballs and steep it for tea, even though January is not mint's time. ...
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False blue indigo deserves a spot in the gardenFeb 21, 2016 12:00 am - Gardeners often spend time in winter months planning changes to their landscapes. It might be an adjustment required because of changing conditions, like maturing trees ...
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Carve out a space just for the kidsFeb 16, 2016 6:21 am - One very easy way to stretch space in a child's bedroom is to buy a bunk bed. It's brilliant! This is one way to create a play area and a homework spot in a space-starve...
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Gardeners have many reasons to love what they doFeb 14, 2016 6:24 am - Since love is in the air today, it seems the perfect time to reflect on what gardeners love about gardening. Gardening is good for your health. Gardening is good exerci...
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Is this English garden variety rose the future of Valentine's Day?Feb 14, 2016 6:00 am - On a table in her 1820 stone farmhouse in Waterford, Virginia, floral designer Holly Heider Chapple is reinventing the Valentine's Day bouquet. Amid a soft confection of...
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Window masquerade solves a problematic viewFeb 14, 2016 12:01 am - Wouldn't it be nice if every room of every place had a view? Let's face it, not every house, condo or townhouse has a perfect view. In an urban environment, some views m...
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Globs of hardened sap form on cherry tree limbsFeb 14, 2016 12:01 am - Q. "While putting up the Christmas lights in our front yard, we noticed strange, large blobs of what appears to be sap or something coming from numerous spots on the tru...
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Time is an important factor when considering home repairsFeb 14, 2016 12:00 am - Q. I enjoy your column each week and have learned a lot from it. I am a single senior citizen who owns her own home. When I need work performed, I will get at least two ...