A bit of paradise for city gardeners www.projo.com
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greenhouse and garden supervisor jim shepard adjusts the flow in a fountain in the new roger williams park botanical center. to a gardener, the 40-foot-high conservatory in the new botanical center at roger williams park might be the fantasy greenhouse

Tips on how to spruce up your garden www.ocregister.com
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double duty: a birdhouse or bird feeder not only invites birds to join you in the garden but introduces architecture among the flowers and, if it's on a post, provides a place to grow flowering vines. good ideas are always in season. no matter where you

The 12 trees of Christmas www.chicagotribune.com
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an interior designer originally from alabama. williams moved to oak park from memphis in 1992 with her husband, jim, who is from tennessee. together, they built a southern style home in oak park with a grand sweeping staircase in the foyer. this pink

Growing plants from cuttings is easy and inexpensive www.kmov.com
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want to fill your house with plants but not empty your pocketbook? growing new plants from parts of your tropical houseplants can be an inexpensive and satisfying way of gardening during cold weather. here's the basic method: cut off tips, stems or

Let lemon levitate life in a room www.orlandosentinel.com
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and happy pastels for a cheerful kitchen or sunny bedroom. strong yellows are intense and can actually be quite aggressive, but they have become a favorite in stark modern lofts to uplift the open space and add a note of theater. it's no coincidence

When Bad Designs Happen to Good People www.designingonline.com
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'takeover my makeover', an entertaining new weekly series premiering saturday, may 6 on hgtv, features a rotating team of expert designers led by frank fontana who rescues would-be decorators and their misguided makeovers by transforming truly tacky

Herbal Hugs Natural Therapy Expands Product Lines to Fit Growing ... www.pr.com
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edmonton, canada, january 15, 2007 --(pr.com)-- the alberta economy is booming and not just for big business. small entrepreneurs like paula polman are also experiencing the effects. polman's business herbal hugs natural therapy, an online retail and

A new Geo Heat Exchange & Storage System for net-independent ... www.openpr.com
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a one-story afeh building with a hybrid storage system right beneath run by special spiral (slinky-)collectors (openpr) - a new concept of a underground long-/short-term heat exchange & storage system supported by a water absorbent concrete ?strong

Guide to Composting www.gardenguides.com
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grass clippings and kitchen waste like banana peels, eggshells, old lettuce leaves, apple cores, coffee grounds, and whatever else is available. keep adding materials until you have a six-inch layer, then cover it with three to six inches of soil,

Go natural when you decorate for the holidays www.mlive.com
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interior designer was pleased with the results produced from several hours of toil by lardie and students. the indoors is really where they've done it up, she said. they brought in a beautiful frasier fir and decorated my mantel with white pine, which is