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Toshiba BDX2700 Network-Enabled Blu-ray Disc Player - Review
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The Toshiba BDX2700 is an affordable Blu-ray Disc Player that performs well. Besides Blu-ray disc playback, the BDX2700 also provides 1080p upscaling of standard DVDs via HDMI output and also features a separate sets of 2 channel and 7.1 channel analog

6 p.m.: Discuss Rangers-Tigers with Gerry Fraley
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Gerry Fraley, staff writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, is discussing the Rangers-Tigers game as it happens starting at 6 p.m. Monday. Mobile users can enjoy the experience on our SportsDayDFW.com mobile site.

Jewels of the Vine wine tasting at Winter Gardens? Regency Wine & Liquor
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Wine tasting is in the Stoneybrook West area of Winter Garden. (16100 Marsh Road)Â in the Stoneybrook West area of Winter Garden, will host a wine tasting event 6-9 pm Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010.Â A $12 advance ticket admits one and includes a free

Green peace: There's no better way to set off your garden's foliage than with some beautiful soft green flowers
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I tend to measure the success of a garden by the amount of green it has. I do not mean that a sea of turf is the ultimate horticultural triumph, but that a garden that is rich in height, light, shade, texture and colour works best if it is dominated by

Mixing Old and New
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My solution is to mix the antique items I love with lighter, more modern pieces. I like to think that I've managed to create a layered space that has visual interest and depth. The best part is that I've filled my home with items I love and each and

Tool libraries lend DIYers a hand
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It's something most homeowners and do-it-yourselfers have faced: You need a specific tool for a project, but it's not one you own. You can buy one, but that can cost big bucks for something you may never use again. Or you can rent one at considerably

Garden designers with pots of great ideas
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Summer pots are all about petunias, geraniums and busy Lizzies - aren't they? Not necessarily. When a handful of top gardeners and designers was asked to plant a summer pot in aid of a good cause, they put on a show of some of the most creative

Best summer pots in pictures
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1 Matt Collins, Garden Museum intern 2010 "My pot is inspired by the banks of the river Tywi, close to my garden in Wales. Stipa grass and fennel, dotted with French marigold 'Cinnabar', flow in and out of a driftwood centrepiece. I wanted to use plants

Garden Companion Plants List
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If you are looking for a way to help make caring for your vegetable garden easier, companion gardening may be an ideal option for you. With companion planting, various plants are placed in proximity to one another to help encourage growth, repel...

Rock Garden Ideas
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Rocks and Flowers in the Garden image by LaVal from Fotolia.com Many areas of the country are difficult to landscape. Rocks are used in arid regions, such as Arizona, Nevada and Texas to create landscaping works of art. Rock gardens have become popular

Plant swapping in south west France
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Daft, perhaps, but I packed up my laptop and took it to France with me for a few days, visiting a couple of expat friends while my own garden back home was frying to a crisp in the exceptional English heatwave. It was worse in France - 104F (40C)

How to prevent wasps from building nests in your garden furniture
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We have a wooden deck and garden furniture in our garden, and have noticed that wasps are chiselling away at the wood to make their nests. In the past we used a product that you paint onto wood that puts the wasps off their stroke - information about

How to use plastic compost bins
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Now with a much smaller garden that has no lawn (that is, no grass clippings), we have acquired a plastic bin, which had no specific instructions, so we are making it up as we go along - putting in soft garden clippings, kitchen vegetable waste, some

No whiffs and butts from 'grey' water
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After reading an item here about the advisability of treating soapy water before putting it around plants in the garden with a Biotal product sold for the purpose, a somewhat alarmed Alexander Wilson wrote to me. He did not know that grey water, as it is

What are 'sticky white dots' on trees?
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Helen Ross is just one of many readers worried about sticky white dots ("a bit like cotton wool", she says) on the trunks of their ornamental acers. These are a kind of scale insect (of which there are several) and not a fungal disease, as another reader

Personal growth: In one of the capital's most impressive gardens it's not just the plants that are thriving
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THE most cynical film director would look around, intrigued, reaching instinctively for the camera. The trees crowd round in protective embrace; the city has suddenly and mysteriously vanished; water flows past; work proceeds purposefully in every green

Home and Garden television listings, July 17-24
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(HGTV) Sarah's House (CC) (DIY) Man Caves 12:30 a.m. (HGTV) Color Splash: Miami (CC) (DIY) Garage Mahal 1:30 a.m. (HGTV) House Hunters International (CC) (DIY) Today Show Tips Reducing clutter. 2 a.m. (HGTV) Design Star (CC) 3 a.m. (HGTV) The Outdoor

Maintaining Your Water Heater
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Water heaters are one of the most essential appliances in our homes. They silently work away providing hot water whenever we want. They can last for 10 years or more, but by annually performing this tutorial How to Maintain a Water Heater in 3 Easy Steps

Gardening from the couch: How to Grow a School Gardens
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For all the teachers and PTA presidents out there reading Garden Variety - have I got the book for you. "How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers," written by members of the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance, is a

Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’: New from Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants
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Sometimes a plant breeder sets out with an aim in mind - and ends up creating an entirely different plant. That was the case with this dramatic new geum. Plant breeder Tim Crowther tells the story. “What I was looking for in 1988 was a compact free

LG Debuts New 3D-TV Line-up
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3D marches on... LG is the latest TV manufacturer to release their first crop of 3D-enabled TVs. However, in addition to 3D capability, the new sets feature LED backlighting with local dimming, as well a solid offering of internet streaming content

Sir Howard of Sony On 3D
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If you have been following the whole '3D thing', you are aware that Sony is one of it loudest proponents, both on the professional and consumer end of supply chain. Recently, Sony's CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, was on hand in South Africa attending the

High drama
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Mabel Feres Photography P.J. Pereira and Lo Braz (pictured with son, Francisco) went for a bold statement by changing the roof line of their 1950s California ranch-style house in San Rafael. When P.J. Pereira and Lo Braz left their native Brazil and

The Blundering Gardener: When you don't want prying eyes to notice your flowers are in bed with slugs
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It's mid-July, but it may as well be mid-August. Our gardens are well ahead of schedule. It's crunch time for me. Several hundred people will tromp through my garden in just one week, visitors to Tangletown Gardens' 'Garden and Art Tour.' What should I

Chair Flair
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Here's a fool-the-eye update for basic outdoor pillows: Paint them to mimic more design-minded chair backs. Using either premade outdoor pillows (or creating your own out of outdoor-grade fabric), here's the how-to. You'll need: Fabric paint Freezer

Fit to Be Dyed
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These tie-dyed napkins are the perfect way to salvage stained summer linens or just amp up plain white versions. You've probably tie-dyed before, though maybe not recently, so here's a quick refresher on the basics. You'll need: Napkins (or other fabric

Vintage Garden Stuff: July Edition
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First, I found these vintage manure bags. I know, I know. Nothing about manure bags screams 'Hang me above your velvet sofa!' but... They've never been used and I love the graphics so, why not? These photos blow because I snapped them with my Blackberry-