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Timeless timepieces: Don Hamilton passed the time during the pandemic by restoring iconic midcentury clocks

UPDATED: Sun., May 21, 2023

Like many of us, Don Hamilton found himself with time on his hands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In the Garden: Smart gardening practices can help us overcome challenges

Sun., May 14, 2023

It sure is frustrating when challenges arise in the vegetable garden. They might come in the form of damaging insect pests, unusual disorders that impact a crop’s growth or plant diseases caused by pathogens.

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Go ahead, judge this book by its cover. There’s nothing inside.

Sun., May 14, 2023

If it looks like a book, feels like a book and stacks like a book, there’s still a good chance it may not be a book.

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In the Garden: It’s time for Garden Expo, the biggest gardening show in the region

Sun., May 7, 2023

We Inland Northwest gardeners should take a moment to reflect on how lucky we are. Why? We have Garden Expo, the biggest and best annual garden event around. Sponsored by Spokane’s largest garden club, the Inland Empire Gardeners, it takes place at Spokane Community College’s Lair Student Union building on Saturday .

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The Full Suburban: When your house loses its new home smell for all the wrong reasons

Mon., April 24, 2023

“We almost burned our house down today,” my friend said after Logan and I joined her and her husband for dinner at our favorite Indian restaurant a couple weeks ago.

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In the Garden: Garden Fair returns next weekend, with by-appointment shopping and advice

Sun., April 23, 2023

If You Go Garden Fair & Plant Sale When: By appointment only on Friday and Saturday. Where: 222 N. Havana St., just south of the fairgrounds. More details: To sign up for a time slot, find the link to appointment scheduling beginning at 9 a.m. Monday at mgfsc.org/plant-sale. Foundation members will have received an email containing the link to appointment scheduling on Saturday. There is also a list of plants at the same link.

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In the Garden With Susan: Explore the ‘dark side’ by examining moths that frequent your backyard

Sun., April 16, 2023

In the summer of 2020, I needed to take several moth photos for my book, “The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook.” My goal was to show gardeners what the adult stage of beet armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, cutworms and diamondback caterpillars looks like.

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In the Garden: Let’s get vertical

Sat., April 8, 2023

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Upcycled Life: Turn toilet paper roll wrappers into colorful origami squares

Sat., April 8, 2023

Do you save the colorful paper that is wrapped on your roll of toilet paper? The wrapping is lightweight and ideal to use as origami paper.

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In the Garden With Susan: Bringing flowers to your vegetable garden helps all the things grow

Sat., April 1, 2023

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In the garden with Susan: When to start the tomatoes?

Sat., March 11, 2023

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Restoring Dorothy Dean: New owners of Edna Mae Brown’s home bring her kitchen back to its cozy glory

Wed., Jan. 18, 2023

Erin Haskell Gourde had long admired the French architectural design of the stately South Hill home she and her husband Zach Gourde purchased in October.

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6 options for absorbent, durable dish towels

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 29, 2022

Dish towels are the quiet workhorses of any kitchen. It's easy to assume any cute towel will do the job -- until you need to mop up a spill and the towel doesn't absorb well. Or it leaves a dusting of lint on a glass. Or it comes out of the wash a wrinkled mess that won't fold neatly. If you put a little thought and care into choosing them, though, you can avoid these pitfalls.

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8 tasks for your January home maintenance checklist

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 29, 2022

January is the month for new beginnings. With the holiday rush over and the weather frigid in many parts of the country, it's a great time to attend to some of the tasks that are easy to put off but oh-so-satisfying once they're done - like making or updating an inventory of what's in your home. You might never need it, but if something goes wrong, having one can save so much grief. Read on for more home maintenance tasks to put on your to-do list for this month.

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The Full Suburban: When traditions overwhelm, it’s OK to step off the fun train

Mon., Dec. 19, 2022

One day in December sometime in the mid-1980s, my mom came home from a crafting night with friends and proudly showed us the giant felt Advent calendar she had just made.

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Handmade ornaments fill Christmas trees with beauty and memories

Sun., Dec. 18, 2022

An abundance of ornaments led to an abundance of Christmas trees for Elise Bozzo. Six full-size trees fill her Spokane Valley home, along with several smaller trees.

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How to get holiday coziness, year-round

Sat., Dec. 3, 2022

Pilar Guzmán and Chris Mitchell are not professional interior designers, but if taste can be taught, you might want them as your teachers.

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10 easy (or free!) ways to boost your home value

Sun., Oct. 2, 2022

Some elements of home value are beyond your control. You can't pick up your house and move it to a different location, for example. But even if you don't have a massive budget or a lot of time, you're not powerless. We asked home appraisers and real estate agents for the quick upgrades and relatively easy maintenance tasks that make the biggest difference when it comes to adding value before selling, or protecting the investment you've made in your home.

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How to get the best result when painting exterior wood

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 8, 2022

If I had to boil down the emails I received to just one, it would read: "Tim, I have to paint my exterior (fill in the blank). I don't have a choice. Why do paints fail? What can I do to get the longest-lasting result? And what is the best exterior paint, in your opinion?"

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His emotional support animal is an alligator. They sleep in the same bed.

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 30, 2022

Joseph Henney's emotional support animal WallyGator goes with him almost everywhere, from the grocery store to walks in the park. They hug each other and sleep in the same bed. WallyGator is an alligator.

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