All gardeners should learn to propagate
The visiting season is here and that means you're likely to be invited to see favorite shrubs and perennials in the gardens of far-flung friends or relatives.
Plants and memories, passed along
I remember the big, white hydrangeas -- we called them snowballs -- that grew at my Grandma Macy and Pa-Pa's farmhouse. And underneath the big oak tree at Gran's house, irises sprang up amid the jagged, gray rocks along the path leading to the porch.
Make your fridge hum
Are you getting the most efficiency out of your refrigerator? I recently spoke with Ace's "Helpful Hardware Man" Lou Manfredini and he says that if you haven't dusted the coils recently (OK, not at all), then you probably aren't.
Made in America
Top drawer:What better time to think about the past and things made in America than Independence Day weekend? That's what they're doing today and Sunday at Gresham Lake Antique Mall in North Raleigh.
He came to cut, stayed to sculpt
Who and Ware:For most people, the ice storm of 2002 was a major headache, or worse. For Reuven Fields, it was an opportunity.
From the Wire
Entertainment
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- Jackson family plans private event at LA cemetery
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Travel
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- The arts are alive and thriving at the Bascom in western North Carolina
- New land of Lincoln: Sacramento scores prestigious With Malice Toward None' exhibit
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- Guys, please, stash the artless stache
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Home & Garden
- Fixit: Stinky hot water
- Home energy Q&A
- Factors to consider in choosing a clothes dryer
- Freshening up with fabrics
- Home and garden news and notes
- Do-it-yourselfer Q&A
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Religion
Food & Wine
Family
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- New York Moms: The Dental Dilemma
- iPhones aren't just for grown-ups
- Ask Mr. Dad: Choosing dad, choosing names
- How do I get my fiance back?
- Living with children
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Seniors
- Social Security Q&A
- He's no social climber: Oldest American to scale Mount Everest recounts climb
- The Mangia' garden
- Our Time: Whose grandkids are best? Mine, of course
- Our Health: A new deal to get in shape
- Economy makes roommates of elders and their adult children
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Weird News
- Maine pound shows off rare orange, live lobsters
- Turtle named for Obama freed on Independence Day
- Cops in Michigan protect _ and serve doughnuts
- Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout
- New Zealand airline issues nude safety video
- Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail
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