HOME & GARDEN
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 29, 2017 Concerns aired over Forest City water supply
Johor politician warns of water crisis if project does not source for its own supply ISKANDAR PUTERI • A Johor politician told the state assembly yesterday that the Johor government had told the developer of the Forest City project to source for its own water supply. Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat, an assemblyman […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 29, 2017 Plan and budget for a good return on your garden investment
This April 2010 photo taken near New Market, Va., shows a large supply of vegetables awaiting transplanting into home gardens. Buying supplies in bulk and then dividing them with your neighbors will provide a healthy financial return. (Dean Fosdick via AP) The first of the 2018 seed catalogs will be arriving soon in the mail, […]
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November 27, 2017 Hot Property: 32 chandeliers grace this $1.2M southside gem in gated community
Ryan and Amy Wright love to entertain, and they have just the house for it. The couple regularly host dinner parties, fundraisers, even cabaret shows in their 7,000-square-foot home in Diamond Ridge at The Point, a gated community on Indy’s southeast side. The four-bedroom, five-bath house at 6663 Silver Creek Drive sits on a pond […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 27, 2017 Tucson Home and Garden Nov. 26- Dec. 2
All events are free or included in the cost of admission unless otherwise noted. SUNDAY Ikebana Japanese Floral Festival — Yume Japanese Gardens, 2130 N. Alvernon Way. View 50 arrangements by five different schools of this 1,000-year-old Japanese tradition, arrayed throughout the grounds, museum, and art gallery. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 26. $15. 303-3945. WEDNESDAY […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 23, 2017 Stock kitchen with proper tools
KATIE WORKMAN | Associated Press It’s that time of year: We’re all on the on-ramp to the holidays. With feasts, parties and other events ahead, it’s a perfect time to make sure your kitchen is ready and raring to go. Here are 11 items the well-stocked holiday kitchen should have: Roasting pan and rack. For a turkey, ham […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 23, 2017 Home & Garden: Turkey Soup Times Three
There are three phases of a Thanksgiving turkey: the holiday meal, the leftovers, and the soup. How you interact with the turkey in all of its incarnations is largely a matter of tradition. The meal can be tinkered with, but many hold out for immutable traditions — the creamed onions, the marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, the […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 23, 2017 ICYMI: Top 5 home & garden stories this week
WATCH: Now that’s how you renovate a kitchen! For her new BBC2 series At My Table, Nigella is ensconced in a brand-new kitchen, a place of wonder and brick-sized waffle irons; a veritable treasure trove of culinary hardware and all-round foodie grooviness. Nigella Lawson. Picture: Reuters 5 hacks to get the most out of your […]
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November 18, 2017 Grow a Year-Round Indoor Salad Garden
With this technique, you can grow all the salad greens you need with a kitchen cupboard and a windowsill. PHOTO BY PETER BURKE A very simple idea put me on the path toward growing a year-round indoor salad garden: I wanted fresh salad greens throughout winter. This desire occurred to me one fall afternoon as […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 The Russian gardening revolution: where the good life meets luxury
A dacha gardener, Kaliningrad, Russia CREDIT: AGENCJA FOTOGRAFICZNA CARO/ALAMY The winds of change are blowing in a new Russian Revolution that’s having a dramatic impact on some of the last vestiges of the Soviet Union and is making its mark in the UK, too. A people once ordered to dedicate any patches of soil they had to […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 Sponsored: Fall / Winter gardening tips for new homeowners
In many parts of the country, the advent of fall and winter means a winding down of garden-related tasks. Protecting outdoor plants, moving pots indoors and prepping bulbs for germination is the sum of it. But in Northern California, with our year-round growing season, gardening activity can rise to a fever pitch in autumn. New […]
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November 17, 2017 Home and Garden events
Boerner Botanical Gardens: Holiday Gift Fair with Santa, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 3. Workshops, special events and activities for all ages. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. Information: (414) 525-5653; www.boernerbotanicalgardens.org Origami Ornaments. Dec. 5. $10/$15. Holiday Wreath Making. Dec. 6 and 7. $30/$35. Lynden Sculpture Garden: Lynden offers holiday giftmaking workshops in November and December for […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 17, 2017 Tucson Home and Garden Nov. 19-25
All events are free or included in the cost of admission unless otherwise noted. Sunday Fall Opening — Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson, 2130 N. Alvernon Way. Tea ceremonies, art and handicrafts exhibits and classes in traditional customs such as Japanese flower arranging. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Noon-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Closed Thanksgiving Day. 1-502-303-3945. Tuesday […]
