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The Dry Garden: John Greenlee, 'American Meadow' and the crusade against the American lawn
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Yet “The American Meadow Garden” has a problem. It isn’t aimed at most homeowners. Page after page, photo after photo, Greenlee celebrates parks and park-like estates from California to Maryland. This isn’t a book for those of us with a tract

Apples are the mostloved British tree
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The apple is the most popular variety of tree, according to a survey of gardeners Published: 3:42PM GMT 29 Oct 2009 A nation of tree lovers: apple trees are our favourite, while half of us would like to get a tree for Christmas, according to a recent

Spooky halloween houses
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Wingmore, Kent: From the outside the four-bed Palm Tree Inn looks like an idyllic family home. But watch out for the little girl ghost who plays with dolls and the heard but not seen “heavy-footed gentleman” which the owner claims share the property.

Baby steps to vintage simplicity
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Once upon a time, the ideal for a child's room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes. That was before batteries, computer programs for toddlers and the array of stuff that talks, squawks,

Grow it, cook it: pumpkin soup
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Pumpkin and apple soup with chestnuts Almost any squash or pumpkin makes fabulous soup, 'Tromboncino' included. Mix some squash flesh, an onion or two and plenty of cumin with some stock and cream and you have a good soup, but I love the addition of

Aim high with climbing pumpkins squash and courgettes
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They're not just good for eating, pumpkins and squash make great decoration By Sarah Raven Published: 10:46AM GMT 29 Oct 2009 Best squash, pumpkins and climbing courgettes: Pumpkin Red Kuri growing up a woven willow teepee. Photo: JONATHAN BUCKLEY A

How to sow winter salads under cover
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Don't give up on fresh salad leaves, sow them now in a cold frame By RHS Advisory Team Published: 12:49PM GMT 29 Oct 2009 A blend of Asian greens makes a tasty late season salad. Photo: www.jupiterimages.com Once the tomatoes are finished and the

Bonfire tips: think before you burn
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What you burn on a bonfire and where you site it can make all the difference By RHS Advisory Team Published: 1:20PM GMT 29 Oct 2009 Garden bonfires are fun but should be planned carefully. Photo: If you're planning a bonfire for November 5 don't burn

How to prune blackberries
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Blackberries must be pruned and tied in to keep them productive By RHS Advisory Team Published: 1:37PM GMT 29 Oct 2009 Garden blackberries are often thornless and crop earlier than wild ones. Photo: Some might wonder why it's worth growing blackberries

Home Theater Term of the Week - Surround Sound
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Surround sound is a term applied to several types of processes that enable the listener to experience sound coming from all directions, depending on the source material. For a detailed explanation of how surround sound is applied in home theater, please

Blu-ray Disc Player Prices Continue Downward Plunge as Holidays Approach
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It looks like Blu-ray Disc Players may be the HOT holiday shopping item this year. Best Buy has placed its NS-BRDVD3 Blu-ray Disc Player, which also includes Netflix streaming capability on sale for $99. This is leading some analysts to forecast the

Sony Adds Netflix Streaming to PS3 Blu-ray/Game Console
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With popularity of video downloads on the rise, Sony has decided to 'add' Netflix streaming to its popular PS3 Blu-ray Disc-player equipped game console. This is good news for those that use the PS3 with their home theater system. For more details, check

Stevie Parle's perfect quince crumble
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This week in my restaurant I have been buying big boxes of downy quinces from Provence, southern France. They are beautiful, large, perfumed fruits that, when cooked for a long time turns a deep, luxurious orange red. The smaller more common quince in

The Renovation Trifecta: 1 Building, 3 Floors
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Most New York City apartment buildings are a stack of identical boxes, but three apartments in a Brooklyn high-rise show how radically different places can be inside.

On the Rebound From Poverty
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For Terrence Williams, a rookie with the New Jersey Nets who had a childhood defined by poverty and displacement, happiness is a walk-in closet.

An Ode to 70s-Style Living
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The furniture designer Jason Miller rented and renovated a Brooklyn one-bedroom on a $5,000 budget, drawing inspiration from the polyester and plastic of 1970s design.

Jostling for Design
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Two lines of attractive young white-jacketed waiters stood MGM-ready at the 10th annual National Design Awards gala, held in New York last week.

Low Water Gardening With Australian Natives
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Leafing through home and garden magazines I’ve always been envious of the women in photos carrying bulging armloads of colorful blooms. Late last winter while I was considering how to landscape my front yard a friend suggested that before making any

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Need advice on getting through the holidays? Send us questions on entertaining, etiquette, decorating, gift giving, staying organized and staying away from the holiday buffet. E-mail localliving@washpost.com with 'holiday Q&A' in the subject line. Please

Halloween all year
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If taking down your Halloween decor the moment Nov. 1 rolls around leaves you feeling bummed, you're in luck. A popular seasonal motif is being featured on a handful of design items meant to dress your house year-round. Once considered a scary symbol

Blog Watch
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Our pick to click this week: -- Trendy or classic? Things That Inspire (http://freshpalette.blogspot.com) posts on popular architectural elements that may or may not be considered dated in the near future. -- Terri Sapienza

BUY OF THE DAY: Halloween wall stickers from Decosticks
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Not wanting to disappoint my local trick-or-treaters this Halloween, I'm adding the final finishing touches to my hallway in the hope of making it as festive as possible - without sending them away screaming. I love these spooky wall stickers by

Design Considerations for Halloween Yard Decorations
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If you have children who wish to have bragging rights to the spookiest lawn in town, you'll have to shop for additional supplies for your yard decorations. David Beaulieu, our About.com Guide to Landscaping, has some great tips and ideas to help you out

Grow winter pokers for late-season pizazz
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Kniphofia rooperi, the winter poker, waits until November to put on its show Red hot pokers: Kniphofia rooperi with vibrant Aster novae-angliae and white Boltonia asteroides Photo: Many gardeners have been put off red-hot pokers (or kniphofias) because

Autumn digging: time to turn over the soil
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Dig over the soil before winter to aerate the earth, and help bring pests to the surface By Val Bourne Published: 10:30AM GMT 28 Oct 2009 Double-digging a trench in preparation for a vegetable crop. Photo: At this time of year, undoubtedly there will be

Grow winter pokers for lateseason pizazz
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Kniphofia rooperi, the winter poker, waits until November to put on its show By Val Bourne Published: 11:01AM GMT 28 Oct 2009 Red hot pokers: Kniphofia rooperi with vibrant Aster novae-angliae and white Boltonia asteroides Photo: Many gardeners have

Trading up, trading down
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Trading up: Kent. A croquet lawn is a useful addition to family life, and if the weather changes you can retreat to the games room. The pony, meanwhile, can lodge in the paddock. This house and its acre of land is on the edge of the village of

Sea mists and mellow fruitfulness
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Autumn at the summerhouse. But we are there to plant trees and the clever people at the plant nursery have a scheme where you taste the fruit before you buy. We are looking to buy a pear to link our early and late espaliers so they hopefully can talk to

Mainland brides complain about discrimination in Taiwan - Feature
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Taipei - Wang Hsiu-lien, a mainland Chinese woman who married a man from Taiwan and has been living on the island for eight years, hates going to the market to buy vegetables. Some vegetable sellers, knowing she is a mainlander, would ask her: "Do you

Taking green to a new level
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The new wing for San Francisco's Drew School looks routine on paper, a 40-foot-high box arranged to suggest a pair of structures side by side. But in real life it's sure to turn heads, what with the vegetated wall that will fill a 50-foot-wide stretch of