Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Neighbors envy Steve Brehmer's lawn in PalatineJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Steve Brehmer fits a lot of categories you might expect for suburban dads. House in Palatine - check. Two grown sons - check. Wife who's proud of him - check. Yard so w...
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Do-It-Yourself do's and don'tsJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been more than a decade since glossy shelter magazines and home-improvement TV shows became popular. We've been hearing their drumbeat more steadily than ever latel...
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Best Lawn contestJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Margy and Steve Brehmer keep a great lawn in Palatine. But they say a lot of other people do, too. Do you know a grass guru, a lawn lover or a mower maven somewhere in t...
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'Uncultivated' prairie to magnificent gardenJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Young Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in ...
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Painted Ladies contest expanded to non-Victorian home stylesJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The annual "Painted Ladies" contest is under way, with a few changes this year. Sponsored by the Chicago Paint and Coatings Association, based in Schaumburg, the contes...
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Enjoy a firefly show? Tend your yard carefullyJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - If you're partial to fireflies, these tips will help keep them in your yard: • Fireflies are beetles (not flies), so avoid using anti-beetle products in your garden (eve...
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Alliums - Onions can be ornamentals as well as vegetablesJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Not all onions need to be relegated to the vegetable garden. Simple to grow in any sunny, well-drained spot, ornamental Alliums sport attractive, globe-shaped flowers an...
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Lombard housewalk to feature early home of famous orphan's creatorJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Harold Gray and his comic strip creation, Little Orphan Annie, are among Lombard's most famous historic residents. Brian and Eileen Anderson started collecting Gray memo...
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Suburban garden walks offer chance to get inspiredJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - From an estate that's part of Barrington Hills' legendary Hill 'N Dale Farm to a garden that a landscape architect built around her historic Batavia home and the atypica...
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Plenty of plants will perform in dry shadeJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I am fortunate enough to have enough property to have gardens in both sun and shade. Many years ago, I spent more time in my sunny gardens tanning my back while planting...