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Get your garden ready with plant sales around the suburbs

By Daily Herald staff
May 14, 2025 10:36 am - Gardeners can get the growing season off to a good start with upcoming plant sales featuring perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants. It is also a good way to support local nonprofit organizations.
The best yellow paint colors, according to design pros

By Kathryn O'Shea-Evans
May 13, 2025 8:10 pm - If you’ve been feeling sunny-side up lately — at least when it comes to your paint color choices — you’re not alone. Yellow is having a moment. Today’s shades, though, are not the yellows of yore. Here, designers share their favorite modern yellows, ranging from creamy, pale shades to deeply saturated citrus hues.
A 1980s Midwestern trend is back: The porch goose

By Kate Morgan
May 13, 2025 7:52 pm - Life-size decorative goose statues for the lawn, garden or porch aren’t a new idea; they were popular in the 1980s, particularly in the Midwest. Now they’re making a big comeback as younger people flock to the trend, possibly as an antidote to uncertain times.
Grabbing a shovel? Call before you dig

By Tim Johnson
May 13, 2025 7:32 pm - If you're using a shovel anywhere in your yard, it's best to "call before you dig" to avoid cutting electricity, water or gas lines.
When a bedroom is not really a bedroom

By Barry Stone
May 13, 2025 7:19 pm - Creating a bedroom in the basement can make sense, but if the windows don’t meet strict standards to allow a safe escape in case of a fire, then it’s technically not a bedroom. Do sellers or Realtors have liability if the buyer uses the room as a bedroom?
Home & garden calendar, May 16-24

May 13, 2025 7:07 pm - Monarch butterflies, dahlias and plant sales.
Some plants cause more suffering than others for gardeners with pollen allergies

By JESSICA DAMIANO
May 13, 2025 6:51 pm - For many, the return of the spring garden brings with it a sneezy, itchy, foggy-headed feeling that hits the moment a warm breeze stirs up. The most likely culprit is pollen, the nearly weightless kind that relies on wind. Trees, weeds, grasses and even some of our favorite flowers are allergy triggers. What plant can you choose to keep your sneezing at bay?
Board election can proceed with write-in candidates

By Matthew Moodhe
May 08, 2025 8:14 pm - The deadline for candidate submission for two open condo board seats has come and gone with no candidates emerging. Will the board need to postpone the annual election?
Their midcentury house had lost its charm. They brought it back to 1966.

Tariro Mzezewa
May 08, 2025 7:21 pm - For the past five years, an Atlanta area couple have thrown themselves into renovating their home and restoring the house back to its original 1966 glory. They call the process “unflipping.”
The secret to a refreshing cocktail or mocktail might be growing in the garden

By Jessica Damiano
May 07, 2025 12:59 am - If you enjoy a tasty, refreshing summer cocktail or mocktail, why not grow your own? No, you’re not likely to grow the spirits. But you can grow other ingredients that make those spirits delicious.

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