A weekly roundup of the top stories from the Home & Garden sections of leading newspapers around the country.
The
Los Angeles Times Home and Garden section is running a piece on "
The Art of the Living Roof.":
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Planted roofs are widely used in Europe and even in some American cities such as Chicago, which has spent the last decade encouraging commercial and residential homeowners to mitigate high energy costs with green roofs. Pasadena recently included green roofs in its mandatory green building policies for new municipal buildings.
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In the
New York Times Home & Garden Garden Q&A, Leslie Land answers questions about
growing Olive Trees in New Jersey:
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Inside will be necessary in winter, so it is fortunate that olive trees do well in containers. The widely sold dwarf form Little Ollie is especially well suited to pots, but it does not bear fruit.
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The
Miami Herald Home and Design has an article on
transforming ugly into beautiful:
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It was a house that only an artist could love. Squat, chopped up and hidden behind brush, the house on Northlake Drive in Hollywood was quietly wilting.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle Home & Garden is running a story on landscaper
Stefan Thuilot:
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Thuilot's designs have resulted in five awards from Sunset magazine in the past five years, including its highest recognition this year, for an Orinda garden. Though half of his work is in the Bay Area, his burgeoning notoriety has led to commissions beyond.
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The
Seattle Post Intelligencer NW Gardens has a story on
enjoying leeks all winter long:
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Our maritime climate really suits leeks, an onion-family plant. In fact, by planting both an early- and a late-maturing variety, you can eat them fresh from October through April.
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The
Dallas Morning News Home/Gardening has an article on
making a planter out of a pumpkin:
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Create a Halloween container to welcome ghosts and goblins at your front door. Black pansies make it easy. And what better container could there be for Halloween-hued plants than a pumpkin itself? It won't last all season, but then, neither does Halloween.
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11-04-2007, 09:48 AM
Home and Garden Roundup for week of 11/4/07
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