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Drought conditions to curtail Japanese beetles’ emergence
The good and bad news is that we are in severe drought conditions. The bad news is as the ground is very dry we will see an increase in the water bill to keep plants alive, especially those plan...
May 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Not everyone considers Queen Anne’s lace to be a weed
 It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for some people Queen Anne’s lace is a delight and not a weed. The native European and western Asia has naturalized here, where it enjoys a...
May 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press This Sea Otter Woodworks' Kyoto soaking tub, or ofuro, is made of fragrant Hinoki cypress. These traditionally Japanese soaking tubs are gaining popularity in the U.S.
Soaking tubs make bathing a Zen experience
Some of us are shower people, and some are bathers. But there’s a way to be both, as the Japanese discovered centuries ago when they developed the ofuro, or soaking tub. These tubs are often lar...
May 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press This dining room designed by Brian Patrick Flynn demonstrates how the designer balances space vertically by grounding a room with pendant lighting.
Designers show how vertical lines can add to a room
When we furnish a room, many of us carefully measure to be sure the couch isn’t too wide or the dining room table too long. We draw a horizontal map, determined to fit everything in without crowdin...
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Avoid severing utility lines by calling before digging
“Oops” — that was a political punch line recently — now can include gardening. The “oops” in my case was the result of tilling a new bed. A day later I discovered there was no phone or internet ser...
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Associated Press Austin Mezera, winner of the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program for the State of Wisconsin in 2011, poses with his crop. Children might be more likely to add healthy foods to their diet after growing them.
Offering fun and incentives can encourage kids to be gardeners
If you think it’s hard getting kids to eat their vegetables, wait until you try recruiting them for garden work.But the challenge is worth it: Children just might add more healthy foods to their di...
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Coralbells growing in popularity for its delicate flowers
You may not be familiar with heuchera by that name, but most people know and love the delicate flowers that gave it its common name of coralbells. The American native has long been a staple in our ...
May 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Everyday items are transformed into accessories
NEW YORK — Make flowers out of panty hose. A purse out of a tie. A necklace out of shoelaces. Beautiful and inexpensive accessories abound if you know how to transform the everyday into the chic. ...
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Associated Press This memory-keeping triptych features a photo, quotes and memorabilia from a grandmother's button jar. This is one example of a quick, meaningful keepsake to create for Mother's Day.
Ideas for Mother’s Day keepsakes
Family photos and mementos are the raw stuff of some great Mother’s Day gifts. Here are two ideas for creating a new family treasure: SILHOUETTE PENDANTS From Whitney Phippen, of Fort Colli...
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Associated Press Children play in this photo released from Lowe's showing rubber mulch under a swing and slide play set. Safety experts say using mulch or other approved surfaces under a play set can reduce injuries to children.
Safer ground offers options for play surfaces
Joshua Barry knows that wipeouts are inevitable when children are climbing and sliding on outdoor play sets. So he placed shredded rubber under and around the climbing toys his two children use in ...
Apr 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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