Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Backyard biodiversity

Beautify your landscape while supporting wildlife with native plants

Early in the 20th century, Jens Jensen, the landscape designer of Springfield’s Lincoln Memorial Garden, and groups such as the Friends of Our Native Landscape and The Prairie Club, began extoll

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Fall gardening activites

By U of I Extension

Although summer may be drawing to a close, gardening time is far from over, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. “Fall is the ideal time for some kinds of planting a

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Be energywise and economize. Winterize.

By Karen Fitzgerald

A good place to start reducing your carbon footprint is at home. If you make a few tracks around the house in areas you rarely tread, you might be surprised at what you find and how much you can save

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Soil test this fall

By U of I Extension

Testing the soil in a vegetable garden is quickly done, and the benefits are long-term. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Richard Hentschel said that if the soil is right, gardene

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Financing a home improvement project

By Metro Creative

After years of funny financing and few limitations on loans, banks and other lenders have tightened up their lending policies. As a result, homeowners considering a home improvement project might need

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Cool color from cabbages and kales

By U of I Extension

The summer growing season has not been kind to gardens, noted a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. “Hot temperatures, dry soils, pots that needed watering two or three times

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Seven inexpensive ways to update a home now

By Metro Creative

Often buying a home opens up a bottomless pit of opportunities for projects and improvements. While some homeowners engage in different repairs and fix-ups out of necessity, many others like to freshe

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Give your trees a good drink

By Jennifer Fishburn

While our landscapes received a good drink of water in September, we need more rain. The most important investment in your landscape is trees and shrubs. Trees and shrubs entering winter without adequ

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Conserve water with rain barrels

By Jennifer Fishburn

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, lawn and garden watering makes up nearly 40 percent of total household water use during the summer. One way to reduce outdoor water usag

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 16,2010

Sleep on it

Try before you buy for a great night’s sleep

By Chandra Orr

Do you toss and turn? Do you wake up stiff and sore? Have you slept better elsewhere? It may be time for a new mattress – and finding the perfect fit requires a test drive. We