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How to grow flowers for cutting
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When friends bring me a bunch of home-grown flowers I am truly impressed, whereas if my husband bought me a bunch from the garage forecourt he would definitely be in the doghouse. There really is no excuse to have uninspiring flowers in the home. More

Volunteer is nigella, a lovely, lacy annual
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John Leydecker Love-in-a-mist, or nigella, is easy to grow and reseeds itself easily. Q:I just found this flower on a plant down the street. The plant is about 3 to 4 feet tall, has lacy foliage similar to dill weed, and puts out incredible blue flowers

Abstract painter who shatters her images
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Courtesy Cassandria Blackmore Cassandria Blackmore paints on glass, breaks it, then reassembles the image. Artist Cassandria Blackmore, who is dyslexic and sometimes finds it is easier to read backward than forward, has a fascination for imperfection

His bright ideas pay off
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Mike Kepka / The Chronicle Stylemaker Spotlight: Jim Misner Jim Misner is the first to admit that, in his youth, he was "all about art, not academics." But those countless hours spent creating things - the scale model of the United Nations using balsa

Tilting sun blockers catch the eye and the rays
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Sometimes the next best thing to a dose of sunshine is finding shelter from it in the cool shade of a patio umbrella. More umbrellas are taking on fresh angles to spare users the hassle of hustling respective chairs or lounges around to flee rays as the

Interiors: The 21st-century industrial kitchen
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This kitchen may seem familiar for a number of subliminal reasons. First, it has that lifestyle shoot unreality (where are the nasty brown bananas?) that comes of being the location for, erm, lifestyle shoots. Second, it was the star of this year's most

Space solves: On bentwood chairs and a dirty candlewax figurine
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I have a genuine marble-topped Singapore coffee shop table and want four reasonably priced bentwood chairs to go with it. Can you help? SCP sells chairs made in the Thonet factories in the Czech Republic, such as the iconic Chair 14 (£90), while John

Let's move to … Deal, Kent
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What's going for it? My friend Polly has the hots for Deal. And who wouldn't? It's quite the looker. Rugged, salty-seadog fisherman's cottages, Georgian bow-fronted town houses for retired admirals, a sweet Dickensian, higgledy-piggledy seafront and two

Buyer's guide to kitchen flooring
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» Showcase Gallery » Buyer's guide to kitchen flooring Hardwearing, easy to clean and good looking? We've found kitchen floors that have it... From limestone to linoleum, concrete to cork, there's a host of flooring materials that can enhance the look

How green does your garden grow?
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Whether you consider yourself to have a pair of truly green greenthumbs or if you're just starting to implement eco-practices around your garden, it never hurts to see test your climate-friendly gardening knowledge with a good ol' fashioned pop quiz.

EXCLUSIVE! Go behind the scenes with Ideal Home's new blog
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NEW Follow our stylist as she hunts out Britain's most beautiful homes Love Ideal Home's reader houses? Then don't miss Homes On Film our brand new blog. Follow our Interiors and Style Assistant Bethan John as she goes behind the scenes at photoshoots,

Gardening calendar: June 2010 week 4
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Harvest 1 Pick the first strawberries, with the calyx and stalk so as not to make the plant prey to grey mould - and while you're there, remove any runners. 2 Start digging up your overwintering onions, as you need them in the kitchen. 3 The earliest

Gardening calendar: June 2010 week 3
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Checklist 1 In the veg garden Harden off and plant out pumpkin seedlings, making a ring of compost around each one to hold water. Also plant out sweetcorn seedlings 12in (30cm) to 18in (45cm) apart in square blocks to help pollination, which is by wind,

Gardening calendar: June 2010 week 2
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Checklist 1 Plant up containers with tender perennials and half-hardy annuals, or bring out those you prepared earlier from under cover. Water every two to three days, unless hot, when you may need to do it every day, and feed weekly. 2 Thin heavy crops

Gardening calendar: June 2010 week 1
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The rose garden 1 Deadhead repeat-flowering roses to make sure they do repeat. Snip just above the first leaf node and angled away from it. Consider holding back with rugosa roses, which produce delicious and decorative hips. 2 Blackspot If one of your

The Dry Garden: Trees shed their winter coats
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Bark hides in plain sight. Who needs the superhero power of invisibility when youre constantly upstaged by flowers, fruit and foliage? It takes an event to draw the distracted eye to the trunk and limbs of a shrub or tree. That event is happening now.

Gardening calendar: June
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Comments The nation goes potty for lawns and roses, and smart occasions where both can be admired, preferably with a bowl of strawberries. Not only is it the time of the Epsom Derby, Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, but the Queen holds her garden parties on

Forbidden fruit
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Early dash to the plot this morning to drop off chillies for Howard in Mary's hot house and to bid goodbye. We are off to the beach house for a week and it sort of makes me sad to leave the allotment alone. Mad I know, it's not as though it is a friend

New money-saving home designs
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It used to be fun to check out all the fancy models. Back in the heyday of housing, prospective buyers could jump in the car and drive to the many new subdivisions throughout the Chicago area to walk through hundreds of models, decorated with all the

Homeowners who built up equity look to refinance
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Q: I enjoyed the article you recently wrote about being "cash poor" and "house rich." We are currently in that exact position. For the past eight years we have had a mortgage payment that is probably too high relative to our income, but even with the

Make your home more eco friendly with Hannah Sandling | LIVE WEBCHAT | housetohome
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Armadillo bread bin from wheredidyoubuythat.com
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Forget boring bread bins! This quirky design will liven up your kitchen Lots of the bread bins on the market are so boxy and uninspiring that I'd almost prefer stale bread! So hurrah for the armadillo bread bin – a design that's perfect for injecting

Memorial Day: Summer Lamb Kabobs | Submitted By: Seneca Castle Lamb & Gardens
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In a separate bowl, stir together mustard, vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemary, sage, and garlic. Pour over lamb, and mix to coat meat. Cover, and refrigerate overnight. Preheat outdoor grill for direct heat. Add marinated lamb, fruit, and

Tipsheet: June to-do list for gardeners
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Here's the June to-do list for gardeners: Flowering bushes: Deadhead roses, salvias and dahlias to encourage continual blooming. If your geraniums aren't blooming, they probably are getting too much water or fertilizer; look for a drier area in your yard

New model homes a beacon of hope
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It used to be fun to check out all the fancy models. Back in the heyday of housing, prospective buyers could jump in the car and drive to the many new subdivisions throughout the Chicago area to walk through hundreds of models, decorated with all the

So You Think You Want to Redecorate!
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You've just moved into your first apartment or house. It may be old or new, in the city or in the country, large or efficient. But even though you live there, it may not yet feel like home. What does it need? Some decorating! You've come to the right