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More Stories by Mary Beth Breckenrige
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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
- Ask Mary Beth: Removing melted plastic from an oven
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Plant Lover’s Almanac: Time to enjoy the springing of spring
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Designers transform 1930s home for show house
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New process prints artwork onto cabinets
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Book provides guidance on furniture makeovers
- Designer ShowHouse details
- Home and garden happenings — week of May 4
- ShowHouse decorators
Diet plan for bloated homes
I explore Hudson resident Sharon Kreighbaum's diet plan for homes bloated with clutter:
http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/breckenridge/hudson-woman-s-book-puts-homes-on-diet-1.242523
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Jack-o'-lantern inspiration
Need some inspiration before you cut into that pumpkin? Check out this video from VegetableGardener.com.
The creative carvings range from funny to artistic to, well, pretty gross. There's even a witty pumpkin pi, but my favorite is Jack Skellington.
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Get the dirt on soil testing
You've probably heard it before: Get your soil tested.
But why bother? Well, for one thing, it saves you money by pinpointing exactly what your soil needs, so you don't buy unnecessary products. For another, it saves you aggravation, because healthy soil is more likely to mean healthy plants. And it saves the planet from fertilizer run-off.
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Photos of urban flower gardens on display
Check out the 30 entries in Keep Akron Beautiful’s Flowerscapes photo competition at Hazel Tree Interiors, 143 W. Market St., Akron.
Photographers were invited to capture images of Keep Akron Beautiful’s Flowerscape sites during the past season. Flowerscapes are KAB's flower gardens in and around downtown Akron.
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NASCAR family inspires home designs
NASCAR fans can now live like one of racing's royal families.
Well, sort of.
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This week's column: Going buggy
In this week's Close to Home column: Creepy crawlies are invading my life.
http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/breckenridge/mary-beth-breckenridge-going-buggy-1.240194
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Rare books for sale at botanical garden
You can pick up out-of-print first editions, antique volumes and other rarities at Cleveland Botanical Garden's upcoming book sale.
The garden's Eleanor Squire Library periodically offers donated books for sale, and the offerings can be a collector's dream. They're not all gardening books, either. The library sells children's books, fiction, botanical prints and a variety of other materials.
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Building Doctors coming to Hudson
Owners of older buildings in Hudson, take note: The Building Doctors are headed your way.
"Doctors" Mark Epstein and Justin Cook -- building-preservation specialists with the Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- will be in Hudson on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 and 4. They'll offer a seminar Thursday evening on common issues related to older buildings, and on Friday they'll be available to visit pre-1955 buildings within five miles of downtown Hudson and advise their owners on problems.
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A new season for Matt and Shari
Northeast Ohio favorites Matt Fox and Shari Hiller are back with a second season of their public television series, Around the House with Matt and Shari.
The season launches with a show on kitchens, including segments on quick kitchen updates and bargain kitchen face lifts.
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On the hunt for old stuff
After my article on salvage style appeared in Saturday's home section, I heard of a couple of other places to check out.
One is Pickers Gallery, 1185 Canton Road, Akron. The store opened in May, and co-owner Kayla Cobb says it deals in antiques, collectibles, furniture and more.
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