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Luxury home sales jump 21% in California
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In California, sales of luxury homes rise for the first time in five years even as overall home sales decline. Even the rich love a deal.

Mortgage rates on 30-year fixed loans soar above 5%
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Lenders this week have been offering home loans at an average of 5.05% to low-risk borrowers, a survey finds. That's up from 4.81% last week. Related Rising interest rates stir debate on Fed's easy-money policy X Text Size la-fi-mortgage-rates-20110211

Chicago Live! 50% off tickets to the show that goes behind the headlines
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Grab a seat behind the headlines of Chicago's biggest stories at Chicago Live!, a weekly stage and radio show produced by the Chicago Tribune and featuring The Second City. Back for its second season, Chicago Live! showcases guests from the worlds of

The Dry Garden: Flowering shrubs prove that hedges don't have to be boring walls of green
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If the view from your front window is a hedge so maimed by years of buzzing that the only option is to buzz it some more, and if you have better things to do with your money than pay yard crews to torture shrubbery, it may be time to dig out that green

Kristina Tosi, weaned on antiques, taps instinct
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Kristina Tosi hunts for items at the Alemany Flea Market that she can sell through her Etsy shop, CottageFarm. If there is such a thing as having been born with antiquing in your blood, then Kristina Tosi fits the description. Growing up with a mother

Lisa Congdon adds author to medley of pursuits
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It's shaping up to be a busy year for artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon ( www.lisacongdon.com These accomplishments are especially impressive when you consider that Congdon is a self-taught artist who "didn't start painting or making collages until I

Country Industrial repurposes metal, wood
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Ray Degischer's vertical planters are made from the scoops of salvaged grain elevators. Healdsburg artist and craftsman Ray Degischer has studied and worked in photography, sculpture, graphic and landscape design. About a year and half ago, he found a

Gardening: Bring on the real spring weather
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Setting off for work in the morning in daylight is a small pleasure in February, but this morning I set off in sunshine.

Polytunnel superpower
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for your veg How to harness plastic in pursuit of bumper early crops that you can grow under surprisingly cheap-and-easy-to-put-up polytunnels. More and more people are discovering the delights of growing fruit and vegetables. Even a small garden can

Gardening Calendar: Feb
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ruary 2011 Spring is just around the corner, with its promise of more time in the garden. Gallopiing galanthus, it's snowdrop time again. Or, at least, it should be. This month is all about the weather. Will it be mild and spring-like, with drifts of

Rose McGowan puts her Los Feliz home on the market
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Rose McGowan's 1928 Spanish villa has four bedrooms, including a master suite with a balcony. Actress Rose McGowan's Los Feliz home is on the market. (Everett Fenton Gidley) Text Size Actress Rose McGowan has listed her Los Feliz home for $1,849,000. The

What to use for organic mulch in a vegetable garden
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Mulching is an established way of improving soil condition and simply means a layer of material placed over the soil to cover the root area of the plants. Mulching helps conserve water, prevents the surface drying out too quickly and some provide a feed

Tips on Home and Indoor Gardening
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Article Summary: Home gardening can be done by yourself if you have the time. It can be great fun as garden remodeling offers the chance to create a more energy-efficient and natural garden and space where the family members can enjoy and relax. Home

Samsung HT-C6930W 3D Blu-ray Home Theater System - Product of the Week
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If you want to upgrade to 3D and are intimidated by the prospect of purchasing all new components, consider the Samsung HT-C6930W Home Theater System as an easy way to complement a 3D TV. This system includes 3D-Enabled Blu-ray Disc player and 7.1

Tri-County Home and Garden Show opens
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The Tri-County Home and Garden Show, formerly the Pottstown Home Show, takes place today through Sunday at the Kimberton Fire Company and Fairgrounds, 752 Pike Springs Road, off Route 113, Kimberton. The event is sponsored by the Building Industries

Georgia Home and Garden Show Brings Thoughts of Spring
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Are you ready for a little touch of Spring this weekend? You might want to check out the 14th Annual Georgia Home and Garden Show, which run through Sunday at the Gwinnett Center. The landscaping and home remodeling industries will feature the

Valentine's Day ideas at John Lewis
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Send your love with these gorgeous Rob Ryan mugs Need a last-minute gift idea for Valentine's Day? John Lewis has some heartwearming buys including these irresistible his and hers mugs by Rob Ryan, £17. Featuring his trademark 'papercut' artwork, the

Gardening Calendar: February 2011, week 4
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Checklist of tasks to complete in your allotmant or garden before the end of the month, a 'must plant' flower and the recipe of the month.

Gardening Calendar: February 2011, week 3
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What to plant in your kitchen garden and how to build raised beds in your garden or allotment. 1 EARLY VEG Look for carrot seeds, radish, turnip, lettuce, peas and broadbeans marked "early" or "suitable for forcing", sow in clement weather and cover with

Gardening Calendar: February 2011, week 2
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Spring is just around the corner, with its promise of more time in the garden. Mad for snowdrops 1 GARDENS TO VISIT Cambo Estate, Fife, holds the National Collection of 300 varieties. Open daily to March 13, with illuminated evening visits Feb 11 to 27

Gardening Calendar: February 2011, week 1
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Tasks to undertake in preparation for the planting frenzy about to start in your garden or allotment, and the plant of the month.

Gardening Calendar: February 2011
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Spring is just around the corner, with its promise of more time in the garden. Gallopiing galanthus, it's snowdrop time again. Or, at least, it should be. This month is all about the weather. Will it be mild and spring-like, with drifts of these delicate

Gardening week ahead: How to revive a garden pond
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Helen Yemm advises a reader on how to bring a garden pond back to life Helen Yemm clearing her pond Photo: MARTIN POPE How do I revive a garden pond (12ft x 6ft x 2ft) that spent weeks frozen, with its pump off and with water lily and tree leaves stuck

Gardening week ahead: Smartening up heucheras
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Helen Yemm advises readers about heucheras and green-leafed hebes. Two timely questions. Emailer Sue Olford asks what she can do to smarten up heucheras that seem to have risen out of the ground (each consisting of several thick stems that leaf up and

Gardening week ahead: What to do about messy birds
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Helen Yemm advises readers on what to do about the mess under their bird feeders Seasonal sights: Greenfinches on a feeder Photo: ALAMY I was extremely gratified to hear from flocks of readers who found the porridge-oats-dampened-with-vegetable-oil

Chelsea Flower Show 2011: Tale of the unexpected
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As the designer of the 'Telegraph garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011, Cleve West has some tough acts to follow. Cassandra Jardine reports. Image 1 of 5 Growing plans: Designer Cleve West at plant nursery Crocus Photo: CLARA MOLDEN Image 1 of 5 Hard

Last minute Valentine's Day gifts
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Do we need to remind you that it’s Valentine’s Day on Monday? Don't panic, we've got some great Valentine's Day gift ideas If you're panicking over what to buy the man in your life, check out our Valentine's Day gifts for him gallery - we've got 15

In the mood for love?
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Our bloggers bring you the best Valentine's Day ideas Are you in the mood for romance yet? Whether you've been planning Valentine's Day for months or are the 'leave it to the last minute' kind of person (or, heaven forbid, the

A stash of sturdy hand tools is a gardener's best friend
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This interminable winter leaves gardeners with little to do except twiddle our thumbs and dream of spring. Ordinarily by now, we'd be pruning, gathering yard debris and maybe harvesting forsythia for forcing. Not this year. One thing we can do, however,