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More Stories by Mary Beth Breckenrige
- Readers offer strategies for deterring deer
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Nature’s ways improve backyard gardening
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Book helps house hunters think logically
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Curved shower rod is tension-mounted
- Tell the ‘Does It Work?’ team what you think about products
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 18
- Ask Mary Beth: Ridding ornamental grass of weeds
- Vegetable and fruit plant families
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School garden will teach healthy eating from the ground up
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Steal this idea! Decorating inspiration from Designer ShowHouse 2013
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Garden featured on Bath home tour
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Bag clip closes large sacks
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Book covers upholstery basics
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 11
- Tour details
It's tulip time
If you want to see tulips at their best, now's the time.
Cleveland Botanical Garden sent word this morning that today is expected to be the peak day for its spring blooms. The garden in Cleveland's University Circle has more than 10,000 tulips in riotous colors.
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Easy, inexpensive lamp update
Got a lamp that's seen better days? Give it new life with a coat of spray paint and this burlap lampshade project from Mattandshari.com, the blog of TV design experts Shari Hiller and Matt Fox.
The contemporary shade is made from inexpensive burlap, spray adhesive and a glue gun. I may use the idea to update a plain-Jane shade in my house.
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Win a home lighting makeover
GE Lighting is helping one lucky consumer see the light.
In honor of the 100th birthday of its headquarters in East Cleveland, the company is giving away a whole-home lighting makeover. GE Lighting designers will help the winner choose energy-efficient lighting options.
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Win a Nest thermostat on Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day by taking a chance on winning an easy-to-use Nest thermostat.
All day Monday, Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning will be giving away one Nest Learning Thermostat every hour for 24 hours. To enter, visit the company's Facebook page each hour and answer a question. You don't even have to answer correctly to qualify.
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