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Variegated tapioca, a real landscape thriller
By Norman Winter McClatchy-Tribune News Service The variegated tapioca has leaped off the popularity chart and for one reason, the wow factor it provides. Once summer temperatures turn swelte...
Jun 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet outdoor dishwasher.
Loads of convenience
By Mary MacVean McClatchy-Tribune News Service In southern California, a homeowner could almost make the argument that an outdoor dishwasher is not a spectacular luxury. Kalamazoo Outdoor ...
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Stainless steel tends to do better when using material specific cleansers that don't leave streaks and some act almost like car wax and help prevent fingerprints and smudges.
Stainless steel takes a light touch
By John Shultz McClatchy-Tribune News Service Stainless steel appliances. They’re eye-pleasing, sleek and darned near a cliche these days. But that ubiquity means a lot of people are wrest...
May 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Many garden projects require very little time
Those who have read my column for at least a year know that each summer “15 Minute Gardening” is added to Things to Do. Rachel Ray has shown that in 30 minutes it is possible to prepare a delicious...
May 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Heirloom tomatoes bring brighter colors to the garden and the table.
It’s tomato planting season
By Kathy Van Mullekom McClatchy-Tribune News Service It’s time to daydream about fresh BLT sandwiches and large slices of homegrown tomato on just-made garden salads. Meaning it’s time to ...
May 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A couch and a comfy overstuffed armchair from PBteen.com are great for reading and creates a hangout-study nook worthy of having friends over. Also, wall art is huge to many teens. Try hanging skateboards or lacrosse sticks as art.
Convert little-kid room to teen space
BY LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK— That cute duckie wallpaper or nautical furniture set were great for your child’s baby years and just barely tolerable through elementary school, bu...
May 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Paducah Garden Club restoring Jefferson tree count
Have you noticed all of the new trees along Jefferson Street?  The Garden Club of America challenged its members to study a tree of importance or indigenous to the club’s area in celebration of its...
May 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gardeners use potting benches primarily for potting flowers and small seedlings. Building one at home can be an easy do-it-yourself project. Store-bought benhes are typically more expensive.
Potting benches offer room to organize
Keeping things in order can make gardening more efficient One of Karen Angelucci’s favorite gardening tools is the wood potting bench her father made for her. The big poplar bench has shelves for ...
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This April 11, 2011 photo shows strawberry-kiwi dessert pizza in Concord, N.H. The beauty of this dessert pizza is that it looks like it should be a diet buster, but it really isn...t.      (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)
Indulge without the guilt
Faced with a choice between cheesecake and fruit salad, most of us will ignore our guilt and go with the pleasure. So we decided to create a dessert that would let you have your pleasure without th...
May 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A splash of color and outdoor furniture fill a covered porch at this home in Mission Hills, Kan., that received a patio makeover.
Patio, a one-weekend makeover
We’ve got the cure for winter’s lingering wrath: a weekend porch makeover. Landscape architect Joann Schwarberg of Mission Hills, Kan., leads us through a weekend action plan for transforming our d...
May 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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