Home & Garden
Telling Good Old from Bad Old
Whenever I walk through an antiques store, or an antiques mall - (Excuse me, but does "antique mall" strike anyone else as an anachronism? Did they have malls in the 1800s?) - anyway, whenever I do, I have the same two questions.
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Eeek! It's mouse in the house time
Sorry to say, it is that time of year. As temperatures gradually get colder, some species try to find shelter inside homes where they can find food and a warm place to spend the winter. You already know about the thousands of Asian ladybugs getting into homes.
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Hot topic: More homeowners looking to wood stoves for heat, but do they save money?
For 23 years, Julie Gore has heated her Ada, Ohio, home with a wood-burning stove. When the old one wore out, she didn't hesitate to buy another for her family room.
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Heirloom surprises: Some have never seen what grows from special seed
ARTHUR - Wally Kistler didn't know what to expect when he planted four small squash plants among the sweet corn in his garden.
Oct 24, 2009 | 8:00 pm | Loading…
Bits of ceramic tiles turn into art in Hank Boughter's hands
MACON - It's a matter of creating a jigsaw puzzle without a picture as a guide.
Oct 17, 2009 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
Vintage opera hall facade from Stewardson moves to Arcola storefront
ARCOLA - A transplant linking the Shelby County community of Stewardson and the Douglas County community of Arcola was celebrated on Main Street on Sept. 25.
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A barrel of help: Gathering roof runoff lets gardener continue
WARRENSBURG - Tom Mullins is the veteran of four back surgeries, but that hasn't kept the Warrensburg man from his daily gardening routines.
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Moving from farm to city releases gardener's creativity
MONTICELLO - When Marilyn Anderson lived on a farm, she grew mostly vegetables.
Jul 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
DeWitt County Gala of Gardens Walk offers new features this year
WAPELLA - Seven goldfish glide through a circular pool 10½ feet in diameter, its surface broken by hyacinth, lettuce, lilies and a waterfall tumbling over blue rock.
Jun 21, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
House in Iowa was retreat for Lincoln's oldest son's family
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - After growing up there, I remember Iowa as a quieter place from a simpler time.
Jun 14, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
A passion for gardening: Annual walk participants can gather ideas
OREANA - Not only is gardening an important part of Tom and Marsha Michel's marriage today, but it helped their relationship bloom six years ago.
Jun 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gardeners make cages to keep their bounty upright
DECATUR - They donned heavy leather gloves to do this gardening task.
May 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Some plants earn brown thumbs up: They can weather good times and bad and need very little attention
DECATUR - Local gardeners and Rebecca Kolls, host of Home and Garden Television's "Rebecca's Garden," agree. There are some foolproof perennials.
May 10, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Richland horticulture students raise thousands of plants for sale while they learn
H&R Staff Writer
May 03, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
It's a spring thing: Master Gardeners reap lily bonanza
DECATUR - Give them daylilies, and they will dig.
Apr 26, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
City chickens: The birds in some backyards aren't robins and wrens
The cute little yellow fluff balls looked like a lot fun and totally harmless. At least that's what Amy Ferriell thought.
Apr 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Back to the '50s: House in St. Louis is perfectly preserved in time
ST. LOUIS - The Formenti boys grew up in a basement with concrete floors, an old slop sink and an exposed ceiling.
Mar 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Home sweet carriage house: Piano teacher converts space into an eclectic wonder
DiAnne Myers loves horses, to be sure. But it really wasn't the love of horses that drove the St. Louis woman to buy a converted carriage house in the historic Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis six years ago. There was something artsy and unique about it, explains Myers, a piano teacher w…
Feb 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Check out your home's curb appeal
DECATUR - It's not just the first thing a homeowner sees every night when returning home.
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