Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Art in the garden: Mix edible and ornamental plants in the gardenJun 16, 2013 1:00 am - If you don’t have space in the yard for a vegetable garden, you can still enjoy the great taste of fresh picked, homegrown veggies. All you need is some open spots in yo...
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Tips for keeping a healthy gardenJun 16, 2013 1:00 am - Trees planted in lawns can benefit from a mulched ring to reduce competition with grass roots and keep mowers and string trimmers from damaging trunks. If the tree is sm...
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Attic space over garage is not counted as bedroomJun 15, 2013 4:00 am - Q. We listed our home as having four bedrooms. After it was inspected, we were informed we could list only three bedrooms because the room over the garage did not have a...
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Kid-friendly yard makes parents want to play, tooJun 15, 2013 4:00 am - In Walker’s Point, Lake Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada, there’s a three-level treehouse rising above four trunks. The work of Lukasz Kos, the “4Tree House” has a refined de...
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Easy, breezy summer decor to lift your moodJun 14, 2013 5:00 am - To embrace the blissful, mellow season of summer, I sweep through my home, gathering up winter’s rich, intricate layers and replacing them with light and breezy accents ...
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Home inspector overlooked furnace problemJun 14, 2013 4:33 am - Q. Before we bought our home, we hired an ASHI certified home inspector. We were with him for most of the inspection, but he didn’t spend much time looking at the furnac...
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How to work with an interior designerJun 13, 2013 1:00 am - What do you need to do to prepare to work with an interior designer? First, you are going to want to collect samples even if they aren’t the final choice. The samples wi...
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Art in the garden: Some plants thrive in moist soilsJun 12, 2013 1:00 am - Well-drained soil is critical for healthy plant growth of many plants, and quite often gardeners grieve over the loss of plants planted in poorly drained areas of their ...
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Batavia club’s garden walk set for SaturdayJun 11, 2013 12:23 pm - The first year that Batavia’s Plain Dirt Gardeners participated in the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, many of the other participants had never heard of them. After win...
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Mount Prospect celebrates community gardenJun 10, 2013 5:57 pm - River Trails Elementary School District 26, the River Trails Park District and the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce hosted an after-hours networking event Thursday at ...