Home And Garden
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Winter brings new opportunities for plant care | Home & Garden
URBANA — Wednesdays just got merrier and brighter. Each week, University of Illinois Extension educators will share holiday plant and home landscape tips for winter. The free online workshops begin Dec. 1 and include live, follow-along activities led by Extension educators Andrew Holsinger, Chris Enroth, Ken Johnson, and Katie Parker, Each hour-long session begins at 3 p.m. Register online at go.illinois.edu/GoodGrowingWinter21. YARD AND GARDEN: Change up your holiday plant tradition with amaryllis • Unique Plants for the Holidays — Wednesday, Dec. 1: Are you searching for the perfect holiday gift for that plant lover on your list, but don’t want to give them the typical poinsettia or Christmas cactus? Learn…
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Napa County Master Gardeners: Preparing for winter | Home and Garden
CINDY WATTER UC Master Gardener of Napa County The sky is blue, the hills are green, and we will certainly have some sunny days ahead. Now is a good time to get your yard prepared for the winter. The recent rains have softened the soil, which will make your garden chores easier. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. Special offer: $5 for your first 5 months! First, take a good look at your plants. Remove plant debris, stalks, dead leaves and anything that looks diseased. It’s a little early to prune your roses, but you should remove any leaves…
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Midlands families seeking community’s help after home fires
STATEWIDE, S.C. (WIS) – One family in Richland County, and another family in Kershaw County are seeking assistance by the American Red Cross after their homes were damaged by fires Thursday. One family’s home is located in Watermark Place in Columbia, near Riverbanks Zoo and Garden off Greystone Boulevard, and after the fire they are in need of clothing, food, shelter, and referrals for resources. The American Red Cross says the family includes three people. The other family, according to the American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers, includes two people in Camden who experienced a home fire on Lyttleton Street, near Camden High School Thursday afternoon. The American Red Cross also…
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Lorine Ann Denton Obituary – The Pueblo Chieftain
Lorine Ann Denton Chandler – Lorine Ann Denton (nee Dale), 80, of Chandler, Ariz., passed away on Nov. 11, 2021, with her loved ones by her side. Lorine was born April 25, 1941 to Marie Elizabeth Dale (nee Spiess) and Everett Dale in Pueblo, Colo., the youngest of three children. Lorine graduated from Centennial High School in 1959. In early 1960, she met Gerald “Jerry” Leo Denton and they wed on October 15, 1960. They went on to have two sons, Mark Lee Denton and Jerry Allen Denton. They raised their family in her hometown of Pueblo, Colo., before moving to Chandler, Ariz., in 2007 to be closer to their…
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YARD AND GARDEN: Discover the eerie wheel bug | Home & Garden
Master Gardener Darla Chouinard introduces us to the eerie wheel bug. Recently, a neighbor posted a picture of a big scary bug on social media inquiring what it was. I promptly identified it as an assassin bug or a wheel bug specifically an Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus). I am familiar with the wheel bug, as I found a dead one at my house not long before. There are about 160 species of assassin bugs in North America but the cristatus variety is found only in the United States. Even though these bugs are terrifying, they are beneficial to the farmer and gardener. Their diet includes “pest insects” including insect eggs, leafhoppers,…
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