Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Ponds: Rainwater systems can do double dutyJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Do you want to sit by a waterfall that surges and splashes down the rocks? Or do you crave the quiet of a still pond in your back yard? Either one would be too frivolous...
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Tips on what to plant for novice gardenersJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - If your silver bells and cockle shells are wilted and bug-eaten, maybe you should give marigolds or zinnias a try. For a novice gardener or a rueful plant-killer, planti...
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Gardeners exchange know-how, fruits of their laborJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Kathy Tinius is growing some unusual sunflowers this summer, and has good reason to believe the varieties will thrive. Another gardener in her area grew the flowers succ...
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Area Cub Scouts plant garden to feed hungryJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Cub Scouts promise to help other people at all times, and that's just what a pack from Gilberts is doing by joining the Daily Herald's Giving Garden campaign. Members of...
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Now's the time to pinch chrysanthemums for fallJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Chrysanthemums run the gamut, from bushy mounds covered with blossoms to stately, upright plants capped by one or just a few humongous blooms. Their colors and forms of ...
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Living, healthy dirt at the heart of organic gardeningJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - On this Independence Day weekend, people like Christine Laske rank as patriots in some circles. The Arlington Heights resident helps preserve the planet while saving mon...
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July in the garden: day lilies offer incredible selection of colorsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Gardeners who want super-tolerant, thrive-on-neglect plants often consider day lilies (Hemerocallis) to be the perfect perennial. While they are fully winter hardy, tole...
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Perennial Festival will show how to make most of your spaceJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - We all need to spend more time in our gardens. The benefits to body and soul are many. Planting, watering and weeding burn considerably more calories than watching TV. S...
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How to address three challenges in organic gardeningJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Three big issues come to mind when organic gardening is discussed. How should we deal with fertilizer, weeds and insects and other pests? Here are tips we gathered from ...
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Tips on getting kids interested in gardeningJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - These are boom times for home gardening, but as many parents know, it still isn't easy to get kids interested and involved. One way, experts say, is to teach children ho...