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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...
Feb 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jan 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
Jan 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jan 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Jan 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Start planning now for next spring’s planting season
As of this writing, the snow is glistening from the full moon, the fireplace is on, and seed and plant catalogs are scattered on the floor. There are so many new and heirloom plants and colors from...
Jan 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service A Great Tit (Parus major) sits on a bird table Dec. 22, 2010, in Sieversdorf, Germany. Putting out food during times of dense snow cover and lasting frost can help the birds through the cold winter.
Digging in: winter treats for visiting birds
The birds at our house thrive on a gourmet diet — pretty much year-round. There’s a meal worm feeder for bluebirds, nut feeder for woodpeckers, thistle feeder for finches, safflower feeder for c...
Jan 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Roger Hammer, botanist in the Pine Flatwoods of Big Cypress Preserve, photographs a wildflower to update his book on everglades wildflowers. Hammer has spent his life as a naturalist and recorder of wild Florida.
The Everglades: Where the wildflowers are
OCHOPEE, Fla. — They’re so easy to miss in a landscape almost monotonously green. But for naturalist Roger Hammer, it’s the small, scattered drops of color that stand out among the slash pines a...
Dec 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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