Home And Garden
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Get geared up for spring home improvement projects with weekend home and garden shows | Entertainment
If the recent mild temperatures getting you thinking forward to spring, a pair of weekend situations can aid you get a jumpstart on your home and backyard projects. The Nebraska Builders Household and Back garden Show has a 50-yr heritage in Lincoln. The show will take spot from 1-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Lancaster Celebration Middle, 4100 N. 84th St., in northeast Lincoln. It will occupy both equally Pavilions 1 and 4. Almost 250 companies that provide companies for updating your property and backyard garden will be at the present. Exhibitors…
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Building to sell: CVTC students build outdoor garden items to raffle at home and garden show | Local News
ALYSSA VAN DUYSE Chippewa Valley Technical College It’s typical for school clubs to have fundraisers. It’s not so common for them to build from scratch wooden planters, a raised garden bed, an Adirondack bench and a beautiful garden arbor to raise the money. Amanda Poirier, 33, a student in Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Residential Construction program and the program’s club president, said building items to raffle at Chippewa Valley Homebuilders Home and Garden show has become a rite of passage for the students. It’s also an opportunity to put their skills to the test. Brian Barth, CVTC instructor for the program, does not allow the students to build the items…
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Family calendar Feb. 9-16 Nebaska Builders Home & Garden Show; Lincoln Grand and Edgewood Theatres. $3, admission, “Spirit Untamed”: Valentine’s Day events and more. | Parenting
Lincoln Journal Star Please check event venues for current information. Valentine’s Day Events Abendmusik presents My Funny Valentine package: tickets on sale — Feb. 14. Purchase tickets, in advance of Valentine’s Day, for your family or friends. Package including online streaming, home delivery of a gourmet meal, flowers and treats on Valentine’s Day. Purchase: abendmusik.org or call 402-476-9933. Valentine’s Day Do-it-yourself Cookie Decorating Kits — Rabbit Hole Bakery, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday; Noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Pre-order your kits 24 hours in advance, 800 Q St. Pre-order: call 402-975-2322 or [email protected] Valentine’s Skate at Lincoln Sports Foundation — 7-11 p.m. Saturday. Bring your family or friends for a Valentine-themed skate; $14, entry and skate rental;…
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How to make your home and garden more fire resilient
California wildfires are getting more regular, intensive and harmful. Though we utilised to put together for fire time each tumble, now we have to have to get the job done year-round to make our households and gardens additional fireplace resilient. Below are some effortless and powerful steps to consider. The most substantial cause of house ignition are embers, modest parts of burning product that can journey by the wind additional than a mile from a wildfire. Embers can make location fires when they land on combustible elements these as dry leaves in roof gutters, close to basement and attic vents, or in your backyard garden. To lessen opportunity ignition from…
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Home and Garden Briefs for February 4, 2022 | Journal-news
18th annual West Virginia Tiny Farm Conference setMARTINSBURG — The West Virginia Tiny Farm Convention on Feb. 21-26 will be held almost. Registration in 2022 will be free of charge, but you need to have to register in purchase to receive the log in facts. For far more information, go on the web at https://extension.wvu.edu/conferences/modest-farm-meeting. Make sure you contact Lisa Jones at 304-293-2715 for more details. 2022 Gardening 101KEARNEYSVILLE — Gardening 101 is featuring two opportunities to tune into the annual starting gardening workshop. Pre-registration is essential for the in-individual system, and the class payment is compensated at the door. COVID restrictions may possibly limit the size of an in-individual…
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Sarah Browning: Blossoms and big winners | Home & Garden
SARAH BROWNING For the Lincoln Journal Star (This article is provided by All-America Selections, including pictures and plant information. Visit them at all-americaselections.org for additional information and pictures.) All-America Selections has announced six flower award winners this year, including two Gold Medal winners and four National winners. Gold Medal awards are reserved for breakthroughs in plant breeding, signaling a plant with a completely unique feature not previously found in similar plants. So Gold Medals are awarded very rarely. National awards are given to plants with consistently great performance across the United States. To see pictures of these and other great plants visit the All-America Selection website, www.all-americaselections.org. Begonia Viking Explorer Rose on…
