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Can you grow vegetables in the shade?

Thu, May 09, 2013 6:05 PM
by Tom Oder
Yes, there is such a thing as a shade vegetable. Some vegetables prefer limited exposure to sunlight. But it's important to know which veggie needs what.

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Homeless cats to get Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired digs at Florida college
Thu, Feb 14, 2013 12:20 PM by Matt Hickman
Modernist architecture, feral cats, charitable sorority girls ... there's a little something for everyone in this story out of the famed campus of Florida Southern College.
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Watch: Matt Damon bans the can for clean water awareness
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 7:26 PM by Matt Hickman
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' hijacker and water.org co-founder Matt Damon is going on strike. More specifically, he's spurning indoor plumbing until more folks wise up to the gravity of the world's sanitation crisis.
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It's Stikwood, peel-and-stick wood paneling
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 5:40 PM by Networx.com
Here's a way to get wood paneling without so much work.
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Get ready for spring gardens with DIY planters
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 4:17 PM by Networx.com
You probably already have everything you need to make vessels worthy of containing your plants.
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Household uses for rubbing alcohol
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 2:47 PM by Networx.com
Its disinfecting properties come in handy in the garden, for starters.
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Google Maps birdhouses provide shelter, navigational aid for winged travelers
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 11:34 AM by Matt Hickman
Urban birdhouses get the Google Maps treatment with Taiwanese designer Shu-Chun Hsiao's clever, eye-catching Project Google Birdhouse.
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20 unexpected things you can fix with Sugru
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 11:06 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch
You'll wonder how you ever got along without this magical, malleable adhesive stuff.
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Hitting the green sheets: '13 edition
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 6:09 PM by Matt Hickman
Want to avoid getting intimate with pesticides this Valentine's Day? If it's time for new bedding, try outfitting your love den with stylish sheet sets made from organic cotton.
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Online boutique offers handmade tableware -- and a soulful respite
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 11:28 AM by Melissa Breyer
A showcase for American artisans, the virtual shop Catherine's Table is a warm and cozy ode to beautiful things.
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Usonian Automatic: Rare Wright home for sale in Cincinnati
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 11:01 AM by Matt Hickman
A 1955 Usonian Automatic home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is for sale in the Cincinnati 'burbs for $1.788M. Here's hoping that whoever buys it grants the home's current owner visitation rights.
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Food lighting: Lumière au Chocolat is an LED-based delight
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 11:45 AM by Matt Hickman
Finally, a lamp that's good enough to eat ... or devour with your lover '9 1/2 Weeks'-style. For Stockholm Design Week, designer Alexander Lervik debuts an LED lamp with a slowly melting chocolate shade.
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Indoor gardening kits: Hiber-Nation '13
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 9:33 AM by Matt Hickman
Trapped at home this past weekend with nothing to do that didn't involve shoveling? The next time a massive winter storm rolls around, keep dormant green thumbs busy with an indoor veggie or herb garden.
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What icicles and spiders reveal about your home
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:56 PM by Starre Vartan
You might be surprised to know what nature can tell you about your home's energy efficiency.
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Playing catch up: Linking Nemo
Fri, Feb 08, 2013 5:22 PM by Matt Hickman
A whopper of a winter storm is descending on the Northeast (and Weather.com is reaching hysteric new heights). We suggest riding it out in the company of Michael Graves, Sir James Dyson and Moby.
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Unstoppable starchitect meets his match in form of octogenarian rain tree
Fri, Feb 08, 2013 12:58 PM by Matt Hickman
Renowned, remarkably coiffed Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has taken America by storm. But will a massive rain tree put a cramp on his design for a riverfront-revitalizing development in Fort Lauderdale?
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