Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden offers great ideas, inspirationApr 22, 2012 2:31 am - Growing fruits and vegetables can beautify your balcony or garden as well as bring tasty food and vitamins to your family. At least that’s the message from the Chicago B...
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Art in the garden: See red in your garden all year longApr 22, 2012 1:51 am - In home design, neutrals are those mild tones that don’t offend — those that easily combine with others or serve as backdrops for other more assertive accent colors. In ...
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Home fix: How to close up a winter home for the summerApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I found your article on properly preparing an unoccupied home for winter informative. I learned some valuable information from it. Is there a similar article out ther...
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Industry Insider: Joe Dhamer, Kitchen and Bath MartApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - Look at a kitchen or bathroom in any house and you can almost always tell when it was built or last refinished. It seems that these two rooms, more than any other in a h...
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As in all things, the dog makes self-portrait more valuableApr 21, 2012 3:22 am - Q. The enclosed picture is a self-portrait of my husband’s great-great-grandmother (maybe great-great-great-grandmother). The family came from Antrim, Ireland, and settl...
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New name for land preservation group reflects expanded focusApr 20, 2012 5:45 pm - The logo of the newly renamed Conserve Lake County organization is not really a sun with cascading golden rays. But the double meaning is intended as a symbol of a multi...
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Spring event features sale of compost bins, rain barrels and native plantsApr 20, 2012 1:17 pm - The sale of compost bins, rain barrels and native plants will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 12, 13. The special spring event is sponsored by the Solid Waste Age...
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Home inspector: HOA refuses to repair foundationApr 20, 2012 5:06 am - Q. We live in a condo with foundation problems. Repairs were supposedly done before we bought the unit, but these were not done correctly. Now we have cracked walls and ...
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Super handyman: Water conservation good for the world and your walletApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - More and more, we are being urged to conserve our water. In some parts of the country, it's because of drought, but everywhere water costs keep going up — so it can save...
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Earth Day events in the Fox ValleyApr 19, 2012 3:03 pm - Earth Day is the perfect time to spend some time outdoors and enjoy the natural beauty of the Fox Valley. Here are some events taking place this weekend that offer a cha...