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Events in Milwaukee area (winter 2022)
Find home improvement and gardening classes for Milwaukee, Waukesha and the surrounding counties. Here is a roundup of home and garden events, craft and hobby shows, and where to find more information, Travel & Tips: Apple Holler: Country Store, Bakery & Gift Shop, open daily. 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, (262) 884-7100; appleholler.com Boerner Botanical Gardens: Education & Visitor Center is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens offer a variety of year-round classes for adults and children. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. General information: (414) 525-5653; boernerbotanicalgardens.org/events Winterfest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 30. Nature walks, indoor and outdoor activities and seasonal crafts. Free.…
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Kirkwood architects reconfigure 1928 home for modern family living | Home & Garden
Glass French doors leading to the new deck fill the kitchen with natural light. The space is sleek and modern with white cabinetry, white quartz countertops and a herringbone tile backsplash. The large island provides seating for the entire family. New glass-front cabinets house Katie’s collection of vintage glass dishes. The blue ones are from the 1960s and are called Capri glass. The pink ones are Depression glass. Hillary Levin, Post-Dispatch The Wirths kept all they could of the original woodwork and doorframes,…
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When trouble blooms | Home And Garden
Now that you’ve survived the December get-togethers, you may well have a new houseplant to show up at to. Down below are a couple of standard conditions and pests that can have an effect on your indoor plant. You may perhaps want to look at on the online at an .org or an .edu website for the most responsible information and facts about your particular plant. So, what are some of the outward signs that your plant is in trouble? Diseases Plant wilting: Wilting can be triggered by overwatering, not watering enough, stem cankers, and root rot, between other points. Use a soilless media built for residence crops so that…
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Mossy Mojo Terrariums creates sustainable environments in glass | Home & Garden
A large Mossy Mojo Terrarium available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A selection of Mossy Mojo Terrariums available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. One of the Mossy Mojo Terrariums available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A detail of a Mossy Mojo Terrarium available for sale at Design Archives on West Fourth Street. A…
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Make a dried flower crystal, learn beginner beekeeping: 41 plant and garden activities to try in January | Home & Garden
It might be bitter cold outside in January, but there are plenty of workshops and talks to make things for your garden and learn something new. There are workshops to make suet for birds and planters for indoors. There are talks about Lancaster County’s tree treasures and how to manage a wild garden. There’s a yoga class inside a greenhouse and a walk to learn how to identify trees. Here’s a roundup of garden events, virtual and in-person, in the Lancaster County region this January. Tuesday, Jan. 4 (starts) Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The virtual pre-conference from Pasa Sustainable Agriculture continues through Jan. 28. Full pre-conference is $150 for adults,…
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Dear Aggie: Sustaining the resolution to garden | Home and Garden
Dear Aggie: As a gardening New Year’s resolution, I’d like to be more sustainable in my yard. What actions can I consider? This is a terrific plan! There are three important factors you can do to enhance sustainability in your landscape. Very first of all, keep away from pesticides and artificial fertilizers. Insecticides just really don’t zero in on insect pests, they get rid of all bugs, even the advantageous ones. Various widespread pesticides are poisonous to bees. A course of pesticides identified as neonicotinoids have been implicated in bee colony collapse condition. Also, fungicides and herbicides can upset the sensitive internet of microbial equilibrium in soils. Once this net…
