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Jan-25-2012

Pear fruit trees best Bay Area bet

Posted by Elijah Ligertwood under Home Decor Guide

January is the start of fruit-tree time, a brief window of opportunity for gardeners to snatch up bare-root seedlings at bargain prices. But if low-grade soil is keeping you from jumping on the backyard-orchard bandwagon, consider the pear tree.

“Pears like soil so heavy, no other trees will survive in it,” says C. Todd Kennedy, a fruit historian and co-partner of the Arboreum Co., which specializes in heirloom cultivars. “They like everything except light or sandy soil.”

That’s good news for gardeners who’ve tried everything short of a jackhammer to loosen up the clay commonly found in the Bay Area.

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Dec-30-2011

Control4 Release Android Home Automation App

Posted by Elijah Ligertwood under Home Decor Guide

Control4 are one of the many choices in home automation, offering a range of products for the home and for businesses. Theyre not cheap, but they are stylish check out the HC300 Home Controller that we first wrote about in 07. If youve bought their systems, or are looking to, youll be pleased to know that theyve just released an app for Android that allows you to control your hardware from your portable device. Check out the video below, more info here, and the full press release here.

The only real downside of this is that it requires a MyHome license, which can run up to $499 for full coverage of a single site.

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Dec-16-2011

Making Your Garden An Outdoor Living Room

Posted by Elijah Ligertwood under Home Decor Guide

Today, when building costs make large houses prohibitive, one way to extend your house is to use your outdoor space to full advantage. And many contemporary houses make many a room look larger by visually extending it into the lawn or garden what is often called the outdoor living room.

Tricks such as glass walls, using the same wall material inside as for a continuing wall on the terrace and using the same material for the ceiling inside as on the extended terrace eaves, help to do this.

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Dec-8-2011

Woodlake Pride: Youths in gardens, out of gangs

Posted by Elijah Ligertwood under Home Decor Guide

Woodlake, Tulare County — When Manuel Jimenez first set eyes on the land below a levee, thick with brush and weeds, the onetime field worker envisioned a place where youngsters could escape the temptations of gang life and learn about the Central Valley’s most vital industry.

But, like many places in California’s farming belt, this Tulare County town of 7,280 flanked by citrus groves had few resources. Best known for its annual rodeo, Woodlake has been devastated by gangs.

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54 Rosewood Round Dining Table set with 6 Chairs. Product Dimensions: 54Dia.x30H. Made of solid rosewood, hand carved with ling-chi motif on the back of the chair. It is hand-applied cherry finish. A rotating lazy Susan situates in the center providing a convenience for passing the dishes.

The symbol of unity and eternity represented in the circular shape is prevalent in Chinese art as seen in this round dinning table. A fine example of traditional Chinese dining set.Cherry finish. Table is also available in 48, 60, 66, 72 and 84Diameter.



Another battle looms in the quest for online content distribution; this time it seems to be serious business. When major Hollywood film studios get together to develop a new system for online film distribution you can either be afraidor be very afraid.

Ultraviolet is the digital download system aiming to corner the market for the studios because theyve seen how Apple and iTunes cornered the music market. It launched in the US with Horrible Bosses and then gave us Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. How does it work?

When you buy a movie on DVD or BluRay, youll get a code so you can add it to your Ultraviolet library.

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Question: Ive done everything plantwise I know to do. But what about the terra cotta pots. I have some large ones, but just have no more room to store them. Are they OK outdoors in freezing temperatures? Becka Lexington, Kentucky

Answer: Becka, its time the temperatures have dropped, your plants are all tucked away, but how about your hardgoods? The Terra cotta pot over in the corner, the concrete statue the husband hates, plus the picnic table on the patio and lawn chairs.

What are you going to do with them?

Whats the best way to handle all these things for winter?

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