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1. Yellow-rumped warbler. Virginia Living Museum/www.thevlm.org
Prime time for bird watching
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — February makes gardeners pine for spring, but birders bask in the cold weather. “Winter is an excellent time to look for birds,” says Rock Moeslein, assistant education direc...
Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Add cutting plants to beds to provide indoor bouquets
During the Victorian era and into the 1950s, most yards consisted of formal beds in public areas and utilitarian areas that included cutting gardens that provided fresh flowers for the home. Today’...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Glass stair treads: An Innovative Building Products display shows some of the patterns available in glass stair treads.
Innovative home products showcased
In the market for a hot-water-dispensing refrigerator? That was just one of the innovative and unusual products on display during February at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. T...
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Colorful seed catalogs can cause you to overdo it
The old seed catalogs have been recycled just in time for the 2013 editions and oh, they are gorgeous and so tempting. Whether a novice or long-time gardener, it is so easy to fall under their spel...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service An interior view of Ehrlich's accessory house in Santa Monica.
Homeowners look fresh at remodeling
LAS VEGAS — If you’ve put off redoing that kitchen or adding a deck while waiting for the economy to perk up, welcome to the club. Like the rest of the housing market, home improvements and remo...
Jan 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fruit or vegetable? Either way it is fun to grow your own
More and more vegetable catalogs are arriving, so is the list of vegetables to plant. Fruits take up too much room so they are not on the list, or are they? What is a vegetable garden without a tom...
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Don’t go away: Rain gardens look good and serve a purpose
The recent heavy rains created streams through the yard and rivulets in flower beds. The rapidly flowing water created new contours through the yard and in particular the sloping bed that is where ...
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Mannington's Adura line brings the look of wood, tile or stone in a variety of shapes, sizes, textures and installation options. (Courtesy Mannington/MCT)
Wood or stone: Modern luxury vinyl fools the eye
Luxury vinyl flooring? Really? Yes — but these products definitely are not the shiny orange sheet that covered your mom’s kitchen floor, or the old peel-and-stick school hall tiles your dad plop...
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Associated Press Designer Brian Patrick Flynn turned a disorganized catch-all room into a clean and colorful creative space, decorated solely with random leftover pieces pulled from storage. Flynn uses bold color as a backdrop, then unites the disparate pieces with touches of the same accent color.
Create organization hub at home to simplify life
Getting a family organized requires more than a few well-chosen New Year’s resolutions. Increasingly, homeowners are carving out a physical space — anything from a single kitchen cabinet to an enti...
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Planting a seed: A children’s garden nourishes delight
Oh, what fun it is to watch a child plant a seed for the first time, or to see the delight on a child’s face upon discovering that a tomato or bean actually comes from a plant that grew from the se...
Jan 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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