Articles filed under Home & Garden
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The superhandyman: Put some power into your spring cleaningMar 15, 2012 12:00 pm - The one thing many of us don't like about spring is the spring cleaning. But if cleaning is your thing, you might like to try using a power washer. They can be a lot of ...
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Buffalo Grove living room given a ‘vintage’ updateMar 15, 2012 9:32 am - Buffalo Grove couple displays wine collection
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Grayslake Greenery Garden Club offers scholarshipMar 15, 2012 8:30 am - The Grayslake Greenery Garden Club is committed to encouraging interest in all phases of home gardening, promoting civic beautification, and promoting conservation of na...
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Seed exchange preserves biodiversityMar 11, 2012 6:00 am - Heritage Farm, the home of Seed Savers Exchange, nestles in idyllic northeast Iowa, complete with roads curving over gentle hills, limestone bluffs, streams and the Uppe...
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Backyard blues? Tell us about it and win!Mar 11, 2012 3:00 am - Enter your backyard to win design help, prizes
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At least deer and rabbits are cuteMar 10, 2012 11:19 pm - Diane Ott Whealy, founder of Seed Savers Exchange, got stumped early on during a recent call-in show on Chicago’s WBEZ public radio. A listener wanted to know how to pre...
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Knife-box custom goes back centuriesMar 10, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I would like to know what this box was made to hold and how old it might be. I found it when cleaning out a storage room at work. I have never seen another box like i...
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A French-inspired kitchen renovation cooks up some funMar 10, 2012 1:47 am - With three teenage kids and two dogs, Kris and Jeff Westall have a lot of activity in their Edina, Minn., home. But their kitchen wasn’t keeping up. “It was so ugly, and...
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More groups, landscapers opt to build labyrinthsMar 09, 2012 12:02 am - When Carol Maurer has a lot on her plate, she finds it useful to visit the labyrinth made of river rocks at the Delaware Art Museum, in Wilmington.”It quiets my mind,” s...
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Give seeds a good soak for quicker germinationMar 09, 2012 12:00 am - Q. I have heard that soaking seeds helps them germinate quicker. Is this true? A. Soaking seeds is an old-time gardener’s trick. When you soak seeds before planting, you...