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The 10minute gardener: sowing broad beans
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Now is a great time to sow broad beans in deep seed trays or modules if you have a greenhouse, a cold frame or a cool windowsill. They will take about 14 days to germinate and should be ready to plant out in early March for harvesting in late May and

Clean with a passion to keep boredom at bay, housekeepers advise
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Hamburg - A necessary evil, a burdensome duty or simply a source of stress - cleaning house is not everyone's favourite topic. And hardly anyone would think mops and rags could be combined with a wellness programme. But there is another way of thinking

Design classics available on the internet are often knockoffs
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Hamburg - When internet furniture dealers lure buyers with bargain basement prices for alleged design classics, consumers often end up with fakes, an interior design magazine in Germany reported recently. When the internet price is as little as one-third

Designer Yael Aflalo lists Hollywood Hills home at $3,995,000
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L.A. has gone ga-ga over Ya-Ya, and now the designer who created the sportswear line hopes to sell her Hollywood Hills home, just listed at $3,995,000. Fashionista Yael Aflalo is selling a 1930s New England traditional, remodeled in 2007 by the Los

Three Cures for Clutter
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So, you've set up an organized office space. Here's how to keep it that way: Get a handle on mail. 'When you get it, go through it immediately,' says Peggy Hackett, a professional organizer in the District. Pull out the junk mail and put it in the

Fixing Your Computer
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The top-rated computer repair shops (for quality and price) in the D.C. area, according to Consumers' Checkbook magazine (http://www.checkbook.org): BoonPC. Types of equipment repaired: PC desktops, Apple desktops, laptops and printers. 7720 Wisconsin

Two Local Furniture Stores Close
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Two more area furniture stores are going out of business and selling their merchandise at deeply reduced prices. For the past several years, high-end furniture maker Maurice Villency has been consolidating its retail stores to the New York area, because

Blog Watch
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Our pick to click this week: On Pure Style Home (http://purestylehome.blogspot.com), the local blogger and interior designer posts about a recent room redo. A client's spare bedroom that previously did double duty as an office area and workout room is

Molla Space: an international bazaar online
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Modern design enthusiasts have plenty to get excited about here in the Bay Area, but for those who feel they've seen it all, perhaps a leap across the ocean is in order. Luckily, it's not necessary to fly to Japan to look at what's hot there and in other

Roeper furniture fuses wood, metal
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Florian Roeper was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised there and in the Bay Area. But he chose to study art in the United States at the California College of the Arts because he knew he could get personal instruction and be able to set up his own

Designing a garden from the ground up
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Most homeowners approach landscape design in a way that is meant to meet their immediate need, whether that is screening, groundcover, shade or flowering plants. The proper approach to landscape design is multidimensional - considering interest on

English obsession with gardening 'prevents improvement of public parks' claims Harvard professor
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Harvard professor Martha Schwartz said the gardening culture has led to a profusion of beautiful private gardens. But policy-makers do not attach so much importance to the aesthetic quality of streets, squares or parks because the public does not demand

Shuttered Publications
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The first one to go was House & Garden. In November 2007, the 106-year-old magazine unexpectedly ceased publication. Soon after, Time Inc.'s In Style Home and Martha Stewart's Blueprint folded, and late last summer, Hachette Filipacchi Media's Home

Chelsea Flower Show 2009: The Telegraph garden by Ulf Nordfjell
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The Daily Telegraph Garden at this year's will be designed by Swedish landscape architect Ulf Nordfjell. Ulf caused quite a buzz at Chelsea two years ago with his gold-winning debut garden, A Tribute to Linnaeus, and he returns this May with a design

Assessing frost damage Helen Yemm's Thorny Problems
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Green shoots of recovery Following temperatures of -10C (14F), a glorious, almost balmy day took us by surprise here in the south and I imagine everyone was opening the greenhouse doors and trying to assess the extent of the havoc caused by such

Gardening jobs for the week: plants for special occasions clearing brambles and cleaning gutters
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Compiled by the RHS Advisory service January is a good time of year to clear brambles Plants for occasions Mark a special occasion by buying a plant with a suitable name. Commemorate 25 years with Camellia japonica 'Silver Anniversary' or roses 'Silver

The 10minute gardener
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Freshly dug potatoes in the summer cannot be beaten, and this is the ideal time to buy your seed potatoes, which are available now from garden centres and mail-order suppliers. Look for first or second earlies. Place your early potatoes on egg boxes or

In Old-World Style
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Among the items sitting in the large and busy workshop of Luis Rossi Antiques in San Francisco are a tortoise shell and ivory-inlaid brassero, towering 17th century French armoires, and a chest carried by Spanish conquistadors to the New World. But the

Argentinian-born Luis Rossi keeps the tradition of antique restoration
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Among the items sitting in the large and busy workshop of Luis Rossi Antiques in San Francisco are a tortoise shell and ivory-inlaid brassero, towering 17th century French armoires, and a chest carried by Spanish conquistadors to the New World. But the

Bargain buys from Dunelm Mill
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Great-value mix and match range Check out this stylish new collection from Dunelm Mill. Muted mineral shades such as duck-egg blue, pale taupe, lavender grey and ivory are on trend for 2009 and create an easy-to-live-with colour palette. These new

New eco-friendly technology
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Bamboo eco computer from Dell This eco-friendly computer from Dell is so energy efficient it uses up to 70% less power than a typical PC ? which is great for the environment and your energy bills. The biodegradable bamboo casing makes a style

Where There's Fire, but No Smoke
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For all those lucky enough to have an ornamental fireplace at home, here?s a unique addition to your hearth. Partners & Spade, the brand consultancy firm started by Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti, is now offering a custom painting service as part of its

Delicious fresh veg in a winter kitchen garden
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THERE is nothing to beat the taste of fresh vegetables from your own garden, so why not plant some home-grown goodness that you can harvest in the months to come? RIPE AND RED ... To ensure a healthy crop of tomatoes, give them some compost or kraal

Breaking News: U.S. Senate Votes to Delay DTV Transition - House Vote Pending
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Senate Votes to Delay DTV Transition - House Vote Pending Free Newsletter!Sign UpRobert's BlogBy , About.com Guide to since 1998Add to: News: U.S. Senate Votes to Delay DTV Transition - House Vote Pending Tuesday January 27, 2009 The

Where Circuit City Went Wrong and Liquidation Sale Tips
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The bad economy is being blamed for a lot our woes right now, but sometimes, an economic slowdown can weed out poorly run companies. As the number two consumer electcronics retailer, behind Best Buy, Circuit City should have been able to stick it out

Best green garden tip
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MAKE COMPOST: One of the best methods of 'recycling' is to compost your kitchen and garden waste to produce valuable organic matter to use in the garden. There are a variety of composting bins available from garden centres, or you could make your own

Valentine's Day Decor Ideas
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Do you like preparing your house for the Valentine's Day? I know it is not as big of a 'decorating' holiday, and we usually do not prepare our houses for the Valentine's Day in the same way as we do prepare for Halloween, for example. I wonder why,

Chinese New Year and Color Red
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Today is Chinese New Year, which is celebrated on the first new moon of the year. One of the many things I like about this celebration is the abundance of color red, which is said to have protective qualities. I absolutely love color red, but I also