Articles filed under Home & Garden
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Free trees available from Arbor Day Foundation, ComcastMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Wow. If you are involved with a school or other nonprofit that wants to plant a lot of trees, the Arbor Day Foundation and Comcast have a deal for you. Did we say a lot ...
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Belgard flower and garden show returns to ChicagoMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - • The "Belgard Chicago Flower & Garden Show" returns for its 15th annual outing with the theme of "Our World in Bloom" at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. The show...
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Choose primroses for the spring gardenMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Long before Gregor Mendel's groundbreaking work in plant genetics, the cloth weavers of England were changing the primrose. Workers who had woven textiles collectively f...
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Look what these women create with a little paintMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Whether a queen or the mother of two young boys, passionate artists enjoy a compulsion to express themselves through their media. You can see it in the precision of the ...
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Spring is here: Let's get ready to gardenMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - As we welcome the Chicago Flower & Garden Show, near-record warmth Friday and other signs of spring, gardening looks like a more serious endeavor this year. While the pl...
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Hoffman Estates Garden club hosts lecture on annualsFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - • The Hoffman Estates Garden Club hosts Laury Hartman for a lecture on "Amazing Annuals" at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S....
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Finally, it's time to prepare for digging seasonFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Every year vegetable gardeners who plant cool-season crops - including beets, carrots, radishes, a wide variety of greens, and more - wait until soil temperatures are co...
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Find Spring at the Flower & Garden ShowFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The joys of spring - blooming flowers and greenery of all types winding around steel sculptures and charming small buildings - greet visitors to the Chicago Flower & Gar...
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Entrance hall in need of makeover is an opportunity to have funFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Most of the decisions involved in designing an interior - choosing colors and textures, for example - are based on established principles for achieving balance and contr...
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Is your deck ready for the in-laws?Feb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Summer will come. We promise. And when it does, the word is we'll be spending more time at home because entertaining family and friends here costs less than going out. F...