Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Spring ephemerals don't disappoint in for early colorApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Every spring, we impatiently wait for our woodland gardens to burst into color. If you have been disappointed by your bloomless, early-spring landscape, plant spring eph...
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Enameled bowl a find; porcelain bird a bit ominousApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I've enclosed photographs of a green glass bowl with no markings on the bottom and a porcelain bird - a North African hoopoe. I am curious about them. Do you have...
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Iris may need a year to rest after transplantApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. In the fall of 2008, I transplanted irises that I received through a Freecycle member. He had divided his irises and had many to give away. Last year, 2009, th...
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Merchandise Mart offers fertile ground for designersApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Sophisticated high style is always fun to look at. The Dream Home at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago gives everyone a chance to see what designers can create when they s...
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Flower shows, festivals celebrate springApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - After a long winter, it's time to celebrate the return of spring. Check out the colors of the season for free at local parks and gardens. If all the natural beauty leave...
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Restored gardens bloom on the former Alcatraz prisonApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Scoured by wind and steeped in criminal history, Alcatraz has a forbidding face. But look a little closer and you see a gentler side to this old fortress...
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Takes hard work to get rid of Creeping CharlieApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have several patches of Creeping Charlie in my yard that seem to get larger each year. Is there anything you can recommend using to get rid of this invasive pro...
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Blueberries know no boundaries - here's how to harvest the best bunchApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - If your green thumb is broken when it comes to planting fruit around your home, maybe it's time to dip that thumb in blue, instead. No matter where you live, blueberrie...
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Though pretty, porcelain pot has diminished in valueApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I am sending a picture of an object I hope you can help me understand. We believe it came into our family in the 1960s. It is marked "MZ" with an emblem, the word...
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Sometimes the best vegetables come in small packagesApr 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Findings from the National Gardening Association's new survey, "The Impact of Home and Community Gardening in America," indicate that food gardening in the United States...