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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Life Indoors
  • The Holidays Are Coming! Gussying Up The Guest Room

    Holidays mean full houses and that can spell stress. Calm holiday nerves by making sure guests are comfortable in their allotted space and by doing it in plenty of time.

  • A Memorable Thanksgiving Meal

    Polishing silver, setting the table, getting up early to stuff the turkey, noticing that first tendril of roasting aroma make its way through the house as you wait for guests to arrive "» Preparing...

  • Treading Lightly

    With most households trying to keep costs low and make wise financial decisions amidst a struggling economy, it makes no sense to waste hard-earned dollars on unnecessarily high energy bills.

Life Indoors
Life Outdoors
  • Start a Garden Journal Now

    By November, most gardens are winding down for the year. But before you enter the holiday whirl, consider beginning a garden journal.

  • A Second Life For Ornamental Gourds

    With their variety of shapes, bright colors and patterns, ornamental gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) are some of the easiest and most attractive plants to grow.

  • Rich And Wholesome Pumpkin

    As temperatures turn chilly and autumn-painted leaves flutter to the ground, attention turns to those glowing orange gourds.

Life Outdoors
Green Scene
  • What's in a name anyway?

    By Althea Godfrey

    Although I've been writing about gardens for five years now, I sometimes get confused about plant names — those unpronounceable words that interrupt your reading in garden stories.

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Recipes
  • Rich And Wholesome Pumpkin - 10/31/2008

    As temperatures turn chilly and autumn-painted leaves flutter to the ground, attention turns to those glowing orange gourds.

  • Cinnamon-Glazed Sweet Potato and Apple Bake - 10/31/2008

    Layers of deep-orange sweet potatoes, golden butternut squash, crunchy pecans and tender, crisp apples come alive with the flavors of vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg for the perfect side that's sure to...

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Online Exclusives
  • Fairytale Listing

    A home’s listing can make a house of sticks sound like a fortress of bricks.

  • Rise Above

    The average American spends one year of his life sorting through clutter at home and work – here’s how to be better than average

  • What’s Cookin’?

    Add spice to the kitchen with different flooring options that focus on comfort and ease

  • Stimulus Bill Hopes to Heat Up Housing

    The Housing and Economic Recovery Act aims to boost efforts to get the market back on the right track

  • Naturally Beautiful

    Choose low-VOC paint, reupholster old furniture, buy from local retailers and make decor decisions with the environment in mind to green your home

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Homelife Magazine Archives

November 2008

Published October 31, 2008

A Hidden Park in Medford

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October 2008

Published September 25, 2008

A Secret Garden in North Ashland

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Green Living
  • Powered by Pond Scum?

    SEATTLE — Turning pea-green pond scum into cheap fuel for automobiles and airplanes is still years away, but supporters are still betting heavily with infusions of venture capital money and...

  • Put your fall leaves to work instead of them working you

    WASHINGTON — November is the month when nature's solar panels, leaves, detach themselves from their mother trees and shrubs, and fall to the ground.

  • Washington couple live the eco-friendly life

    EVERSON, Wash. — Nate Kronenberg remembers a time before environmentalism, when green was just a color, not a lifestyle statement.

  • Plastic Round-up

    Recycling drop-off day in November can help clean homes, save planet.

  • Green all over

    Ashland's sold-out tour of eco-friendly homes is an annual can't-miss.

  • Monument to patience: grow trees from seed

    WASHINGTON — How many times have you been in the garden and discovered a sprouting acorn or a winged maple seed erupting into life, and muttered to yourself, "I should put that in a pot"? But...

  • 21st century kitchen

    The latest accessories, appliances offer equal amounts of convenience and cool where you cook

  • Absentee lawnlord: make yard work easy

    This summer, all has been strangely quiet on my yard's southwestern front, the site where, three years ago, I launched a campaign to convert my lawn to organic care.

  • Clean & Green

    Laundry time has become more earth friendly, taking stains out of your shorts and pain out of your pocketbook.

  • Going green in the Applegate

    Green and Solar Home Tours in the Applegate Oct. 4 and in Ashland Oct. 11 highlight 21st century features, talks with experts.

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