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Q. The downspouts from my roof empty out right next to my home. I feel this contributes to my wet basement. I know it keeps my grass soggy....
Get the full story >>Home prices in the Chicago area rose 3.2 percent in June, posting a second consecutive monthly increase but remain at mid-2001 levels,...
Get the full story >>The good ladies of the Middletown Garden Club were more than a bit taken aback when Thomas Christopher stopped mowing the grass around his...
Get the full story >>As cooler weather approaches, it's time to get perennial beds in shape and plan bulb plantings for the seasons ahead.
Get the full story >>At first glance, the shopping cart filled with canvases looks like it might be a work of conceptual art, an installation that equates...
Get the full story >>A new ally in the war against emerald ash borer may give researchers a "fly-tech" way to follow the ash enemy's movements. And a local...
Get the full story >>Q: The home we've been renting was foreclosed when the owner, our landlord, stopped making his mortgage payments. The bank held a sale,...
Get the full story >>Q: I am a past board member and currently a member of our association's maintenance committee. We are a 100-unit "coach home" condominium...
Get the full story >>Q. Can you provide some suggestions for growing spring-flowering bulbs? My garden has deer, rabbits and squirrels that make regular...
Get the full story >>The kids who played outdoors all summer are headed off to school. And that is one of the things that makes right now — late August...
Get the full story >>Citizens for Conservation is accepting orders for 30 different shrubs and nearly 40 species of trees for this year's Fall Native Tree and...
Get the full story >>Former Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee, who now plays for the...
Get the full story >>When the Dayton, Ohio, housekeeper we'll call Sharon dialed the toll-free number last winter, she was two months late on her mortgage and...
Get the full story >>Anchor a stairway with an antique cast-iron newel post. Dress a window with vintage schoolhouse maps instead of shades. Turn a jettisoned...
Get the full story >>Kenneth Young Center, a provider of mental health and senior citizens services in Elk Grove Village, will host a house walk from 10 a.m....
Get the full story >>Sales of newly built homes fell in July to the lowest level in six months, as the nation's housing market continues to struggle.
Get the full story >>In an ominous sign for the housing market, the percentage of homeowners who have missed at least one mortgage payment has risen for the...
Get the full story >>For many gardeners August is a tough time. Temperatures usually hit an annual high, rain is infrequent, and daylight begins to shorten....
Get the full story >>Last winter, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of San Francisco helped a Dayton, Ohio, housekeeper catch up on her mortgage payments and...
Get the full story >>In a year rife with tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, premiums for homeowners insurance are on the rise.
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