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Master Gardener - June: First harvest is just around the corner
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This month, we start to reap the benefits of our gardening labors. Blueberries and mulberries are in full swing, and cherries should be ripening soon (be sure to keep the stem on to preserve freshness until you are ready to eat or cook them). Toward the

Master Gardener - July: Create a backyard haven for natives
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July is a good time to create, or add to, your own backyard habitat. Birds love easily accessible branches to perch on. Native trees and shrubs that attract a wide variety of birds are Mexican elderberry, hollyleaf cherry, common manzanita and toyon -

Master Gardener - August: Time to sow those cool-season seeds
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By Rebecca Jepsen August is the time to start seeding cool season crops, which will reward you with an abundance of fall and winter produce. Common options that are easily grown in our region include broccoli, beans, peas, beets, spinach, arugula and

Master Gardener - September: Now is a good time to start composting
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September is the time when most summer crops are ready to 'give up the ghost'. Most varieties of beans are getting a bit tired. Summer lettuce and many herbs have bolted and early fruiting tomatoes are on their last legs as some varieties may keep

How To Choose a Color Scheme
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Did you know that it is best to repeat colors evenly throughout the room, and in at least 3 places? Or that adding dressmaker details in cording and trims is one way to disperse color and add interest? It is always best to divide color use to

More springtime home, garden tours
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This storybook cottage will be part of the Willow Glen Home Tour. (Kirk McClelland photo) So your home or garden is in desperate need of ... something. But what? Find inspiration and ideas aplenty at this year's crop of springtime tours. And if you just

Springtime home and garden tours
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This storybook cottage will be part of the Willow Glen Home Tour. (Kirk McClelland photo) So your home or garden is in desperate need of ... something. But what? Find inspiration and ideas aplenty at this year's crop of springtime tours. And if you just

Harnessing solar power on a smaller scale
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Swissnex The show "Sunny Memories" features solar parasols, above, that become lamps at night. Solar energy solutions are paramount these days and yet solar technology used in homes is in its infancy and ungainly. Most conventional silicon cell

Earthquake preparedness checklist
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Today being the 104th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, we offer a simple preparedness checklist that even a procrastinator can tackle. In our neck of the woods, the two greatest quake injuries occur when people try to move more

Top floral designer in full bloom
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in San Francisco, Calif. is in this week's Stylemaker Spotlight. Whether he's creating a floral arrangement for a wedding, fashion show or corporate party, Thierry Chantrel brings a unique point of view to his designs. "I am very influenced by classical

Clutter Cures
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1. It's called a junk drawer for a reason-a mishmash of stuff you need (and some that you don't) that has no other home. But drawer dividers may be too confining here. A quicker, more flexible fix: Install a skidproof rubberized drawer liner to prevent

Kitchen-Sink Rethink
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Solve Any Cleaning Crisis — Fast!Decorating Ideas (for $35 or Less) Tired All the Time? Find Out Why! 8 Easy Fat Burning Exercises 12 Sneaky Diet Traps to Avoid Tools You'll Use •Eraser-type sponge •All-purpose cleaner with bleach •Chlorine

Seagate FreeAgentGo 500GB Portable Hard Drive Pre-loaded with Paramount Films - Product of the Week
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Non-disc-based audio/video content, whether downloaded or streamed directly from the internet or stored on memory cards, flash drives, or hard drives is continuing to gain popularity. Jumping on this opportunity, Paramount has partnered with Seagate to

Sharp Adds 3D TV to Quattron Line
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In a previous report, I provided an overview of Sharp's New Quattron LCD TV line, which adds a fourth color element (yellow) to the traditional red, green, and blue primary color standard. Sharp's goal is to widen the LCD TV color gamut. Now it appears

Spring Garden and Home tours
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One of the best things about spring is the return of the annual garden and home tours. Here's a list of what's coming up. California Native Plant Society

Good ideas for gardening, 4/16/10
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(The Denver Post) Gardening in the Rockies is rough by any account, so we were excited to see 'Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening,' by Montana gardening masters Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough, hit the desk. The hefty how-to manual

Stunning vases from Brissi
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Use statement vases to create a pretty display... with or without flowers Spring has well and truly sprung and we're all reaching for vases to create beautiful floral displays around the home. Even better, these new vases from Brissi will continue to

How to grow Anemone x lipsiensis 'Pallida'
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Anemone x lipsiensis 'Pallida', which has creamy yellow nodding flowers and finely divided, purple-tinted foliage, pops up in my woodland garden in the lee of dusky hybrid hellebores, scented daphnes and spidery witch hazel. This dainty plant is a hybrid

Barley straw and blanket weed
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Despite the cold winter, blanket weed already seems to be growing in my garden pond - it was a terrible problem last year. I have heard that putting barley straw in a pond stops the growth of algae and blanket weed - but does it really? Janet Smithson,

Gardening enthusiasm as important as expertise
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Everybody can have a beautiful garden: you do not need to have a finely tuned eye for design, much in the way of practical skills, or even know anything about plants. All you really need is enthusiasm. You do not have to spend your every waking hour

Bank holiday DIY webchat with Julian Cassell | DIY | housetohome
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Thinking about tackling your niggling DIY projects over the May bank holidays? Before you get your tools out, join our lunchtime DIY webchat with expert, Julian Cassell on April 30th at 1pm. A regular contributor to the Guardian, Julian Cassell is one of

Tomato time: Big South Bay and Peninsula sales, plus garden-planning tips
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I don't know about you, but I'm dreaming about biting into that first sun-ripened, homegrown tomato fresh from the garden, warm from the sun. Turning that dream into reality means it's time for planning, and soon planting. Lucky gardeners in the Bay Area

The Dry Garden: What to do with exotic plants at Arboretum
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Water conservation is high on his list, but the solution to the vast grounds planted with thirsty stock goes beyond the kind of desert plantings that are steadily expanding around the cafeteria and visitors' center. The irrigation infrastructure of

Remember Earth Day, April 22, in the Garden
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Beekeeping diary: the wrong kind of breeding
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It's chilly in the late afternoon and I'm glad to get my tunic on. I've had a nervous time of it after my last inspection revealed worker bees but no breeding activity. I've never been good at spotting the queen among the crowd of hurrying bees, but I'd

Life on the verge
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Last summer I wrote rather excitedly about the magnificence of the ox-eye daises on unmown grass verges near where I live in an East Sussex village, suggesting that more garden owners should loosen the stays a little and stop trying to make little slips

Cheap Bathroom Makeovers
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Three staffers give their bathrooms a budget-savvy makeover with soothing colors, sleek storage, custom window treatments, and home improvement store finds. Slide 1 of 18 Water Works Decorating inspiration can come from anywhere, and for Katie Leporte,