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July 10, 2019
Crow Wing Lodge

Priciest home in greater Minnesota is this supersized $5M lake lodge

Mountain-style retreat can handle a crowd — plus a flotilla of boats and water toys.
Home & Garden
July 9, 2019
Birders on tundra along the Ninglikfak river in Alaska, a short flight out of Bethel. Our camp is in the background. photo by Jim Williams

Surviving to tell the tale is biggest trick of Alaska trip

Alaska offers challenges as well as squadrons of birds.
Home & Garden
July 9, 2019
This tinted photograph by the Chicago Portrait Company did not require a trip to Chicago to make it. (Handout/TNS)

Portrait was part of scheme to sell pricey frames

Home & Garden
July 9, 2019
Not A Flamethrower testing on intumescent firestop collars

Not A Flamethrower testing on intumescent firestop collars

How effective are intumescent firestop collars? Joe, Matt, and I used a friend's Not A Flamethrower to find out. The testing was fun and enlightening.
Home & Garden
July 8, 2019
A discovered brick path by the carriage house cuts through the four square color garden at Shari WilseyÕs St. Paul home. ] COURTNEY PEDROZA &#xa5

Last call for Beautiful Gardens

Home & Garden
July 6, 2019
Lakeside view of net-zero retreat on Lake Minnetonka designed by David O'Brien Wagner, of SALA Architects.

Net-zero home on Lake Minnetonka is high-performance retreat

The house produces all its energy, manages rainwater and fits in with neighboring homes on Lake Minnetonka.
Home & Garden
July 5, 2019
Richfield Built in 1946, this two-bedroom, one-bath house has 1,109 square feet and features one bedroom on each level, fireplace, hardwood floors, up

Home listings: What $240,000 buys in the Twin Cities area

Home & Garden
July 5, 2019
With its Nest Secure alarm system, Nest offers professional monitoring through Brinks Home Security for an additional monthly fee. MUST CREDIT: Nest

4 ways to prevent a disaster at home while on vacation

Smoke alarms, leak sensors, light timers and security systems can give you peace of mind.
Home & Garden
July 5, 2019
This simple and refined farmhouse has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Home plan: Simple and refined farmhouse

Home & Garden
July 5, 2019
Catherine McDonnell-Forney and her husband, Nick Schroetter, have installed raised beds on their side yard for growing vegetables and herbs. Their dau

Concerned about climate change? Plant a Victory Garden

Victory gardens, a war effort from the last century, are being rebooted for a generation concerned about climate change.
Home & Garden
July 2, 2019
In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017, photo, a pair of bald eagles sit on a nest on top of a utility pole in Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn. (Davi

Eagles are no longer a rare sight in the metro area

Once endangered, bald eagles raise their young among us.
Home & Garden
July 2, 2019
The Husqvarna Automower 430XH. (Husqvarna/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1341939

Outdoor gadgets help you keep your summer cool factor

Backyard tech for summer that will make your neighbors jealous.
Home & Garden
July 2, 2019
Two pink piggies in a purse, how cute can it get? (Handout/TNS)

Better than a pig in a poke

Home & Garden
July 1, 2019
Mint condition 1949 retro steel Lustron home in Minneapolis listed for $350,000.

Rare steel home in Mpls. is a $350K time capsule with sliding 'spaceship' doors

The Lustron was expected to rock the post-World War II housing boom, but only 22 remain in Minnesota.
Home & Garden
June 30, 2019
A water lily floats on the surface of the water in the small stone pond in the backyard. ] ALEX KORMANN ¥ alex.kormann@startribune.com Jay Peters

Nominate your favorite garden

Home & Garden
June 29, 2019
Mounds View Built in 1952, this three-bedroom, two-bath house has 1,407 square feet and features two bedrooms on the upper level, fireplace, hardwood

Home listings: What $185,000 buys in the Twin Cities area

What you get for the money in Mounds View, Minneapolis and Circle Pines.
Home & Garden
June 28, 2019
The garden of Jerry and Lee Shannon in St. Paul. This is the formal side of the garden with groomed boxwoods. ] GLEN STUBBE ¥ gstubbe@startribune

Looking back at 10 showstopper Minnesota gardens

Here are 10 memorable entries from more than two decades of Beautiful Gardens contests.
Home & Garden
June 28, 2019
Jennifer Kraskey, who considers herself to be a housekeeper instead of a house cleaner, cleans Emily Pomeroy's northeast Minneapolis home every other

The 5-minute clean routine

Doing one or two little tasks a day adds up to good housekeeping.
Home & Garden
June 28, 2019
Before & After - Paver patio and walkway create outdoor living in a NE Mpls. yard, by Bachman's. Credit Bachman's Landscaping & Garden Services

Bare-bones backyard in northeast Minneapolis is now an inviting outdoor room

Backyard is transformed into a landscaped dining, lounging and grilling getaway.
Home & Garden
June 28, 2019
Young goldendoodle service dog. Housing laws set no minimum age requirement for support animals.

Landlord says emotional support dog is too young

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