Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Ditch the bark, try a living mulchMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Mulch is practical but not particularly ornamental. I'm OK with mulched rows in the vegetable garden, but in my flower gardens I'd rather look at plants than a sea of m...
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Window boxes bring flowers to a new levelMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - They bring color and fragrance right up to my doorstep, next to my patio furniture, and just outside my windows. They are easy to maintain, and I can inexpensively repla...
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Community gardens on the riseMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - For her supply of fresh vegetables, Arlene Stagg goes to a plot where she can tend the land with like-minded residents of Le Sueur, Minn. The city, population 4,276, ha...
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Antique prints still fresh for today's decorMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The strong and enduring attraction of antique botanical and bird prints is mysterious. Why are they always in style, never old-fashioned, generation after generation? An...
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These pieces might make it to antiqueMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - What new or recent furniture might draw attention on some road show of the future? The Keno brothers, known for their antique savvy, named some choices in this month's T...
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Plants from abroad can carry hazardsMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Gardeners are fond of purchasing promising plant specimens while traveling abroad -- a few seed packets here, some live stem cuttings there. But many are surprised when...
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Get a start on fest season this weekendMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Can't wait for festival season? Here are a few minifests taking place this weekend to tide you over: Vernon Hills Springfest: 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Metra stat...
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Blue plate special: Vintage dishes on displayMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It's unsettling to see the dishes from your college home economics class on display at a vintage dish shop. It's amazing that anyone considered the 40-year-old dishes va...
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'Mysterious jewels' can brighten your yardMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Mary Lou Sorsky has little problem attracting hummingbirds to her home in northwest Fresno, Calif. On less than two acres of land, she has penstemon, a hummingbird plant...
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To theme, or not to theme?May 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Does your garden reflect your fantasies? Do your plants make visitors think of Dr. Seuss or Harry Potter? Does your garden path take you back to Shakespearean times, or ...