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Stop and smell the roses — there is a very good reason
Henry VIII had a food taster to protect him from enemies, and vineries have wine tasters to ensure the quality of the wine, but did you know that rose hybridizers have rose sniffers. Roses are n...
Apr 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press High-gloss red IKEA kitchen cabinets are one of many storage options for kids' rooms.
Key to surviving kids’ sports: organization
It starts with a lacrosse stick and cleats by the front door. Then comes the batting helmet and glove on the bedroom floor, and the baseball hat on the kitchen table. Karate uniforms pile up in the...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Recent Oscar-winning screenwriter and actor Jim Rash sits in his back yard on March 13. He recently redesigned his westside Los Angeles home exterior and garden spaces to create more room for entertaining.
Jim Rash builds vibrant garden
LOS ANGELES — Jim Rash’s next-door neighbor is concerned. He notices a photographer shooting Rash’s home and wonders if the pictures are for a real estate listing. “Is Jim moving?” the neighbor ask...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Grow a small herb garden for yourself and the bees in a long colorful container or in vintage buckets.
Bees already starting to hunt garden flowers
Bees are already buzzing around the bluish-purple flowers on a variegated Jacob’s Ladder planted just last week in my southeastern Virginia garden. This shade-loving perennial, called Brise d’An...
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Dogwoods need special care, but no need to overdo it
As gardeners we like to have healthy attractive yards. To achieve that, we mulch, mulch and mulch, and fertilize as much as we mulch. Some plants love the extra attention but for dogwoods, too much...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service A spike plant and geraniums grow in a 13-inch round planter.
Get started on your containers
A container garden makes good sense. Pots of plants are practical because you control the soil, a good thing if your soil is bad. You also eliminate critters like bunnies and voles from eating y...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Adam Tschorn, writer for the Los Angeles Times, shows off his man cave March 10 in Los Angeles. The man cave is a room that has recently become commercialized.
The man cave, that great getaway
LOS ANGELES — The time has come to leave the man cave — to bulldoze the bro bunker, to kick the kegerator to the curb. The safe house for the Y chromosome is no longer safe; the perimeter has been ...
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Illuminating dogwoods at night carries a right way
The intense color of spring flowers that seemingly have all bloomed at the same time has resulted in one of our more beautiful, if not unusual, springs. Nothing is blooming on schedule, which may m...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Wireless devices have been an influence for design of the modern coffee table. Some tables have built-in charging stations for laptops, tablet computers and smartphones.
Coffee tables enter a ‘golden age’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Coffee tables with two levels has been popular for a while. Because people want places to set their laptops, tablet computers and smartphones, you’re starting to see coffee table...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service The automatic paper towel dispenser has moved into the kitchen in style with the Innovia paper towel dispenser.
Home and garden news and notes
Automatic kitchen towel dispenser The automatic paper towel dispenser has moved into the kitchen. Like bathroom towel holders, the Innovia dispenser releases towels when you hold a hand near ...
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