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Home & Garden
May 13, 2020
Bird feet tighten on touch

Bird feet tighten on touch

It's how they stay on a perch
Home & Garden
May 13, 2020
A loud fight ensued

A loud fight ensued

Geese very territorial
Home & Garden
May 13, 2020
Hold onto your hotdish:  Corning Ware is becoming collectible.

The hotdish is hot: Interest grows in collecting 'vintage' Corning Ware

Many collectors are interested in items that are nostalgic but not yet old enough to be "antique."
Home & Garden
May 12, 2020
Don Severson photo: ONE-TIME USE ONLY with Val's column Female ruby-throated hummingbirds are the nest builders.

How do birds know how to build such intricate nests?

Why robins gather mud balls, chickadees pluck fur and wrens are champion stick gatherers.
Home & Garden
May 12, 2020
Sizing an air conditioner circuit breaker

Sizing an air conditioner circuit breaker

For air conditioners and heat pumps, we size the wires and circuit breakers in accordance with the information printed on the label, not the simplified sizing charts that we typically rely on.
Home & Garden
May 11, 2020
This eight-unit row house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul was built in 1889. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in one unit while working on his novel "This Side

$850K row house on Summit is steps away from F. Scott Fitzgerald home

Updated 19th century home is in same row where F. Scott Fitzgerald once lived and wrote.
Home & Garden
May 10, 2020
Long hello, quick goodbye

Long hello, quick goodbye

Nesting Canada geese
Home & Garden
May 10, 2020
Barn swallows needed rain

Barn swallows needed rain

Nest building requires mud
Home & Garden
May 9, 2020
After a redesign by Rehkamp Larson Architects, "It is an easy kitchen," said homeowner Patricia Kane. "Everything has its place."

Small St. Louis Park home gets efficient, light-filled new kitchen

New kitchen in St. Louis Park home remakes space for optimal workflow, organization and natural light.
Home & Garden
May 9, 2020
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First peek at upcoming Home of the Month projects

The 12 homes selected range from small gems to expansive getaways for families.
Home & Garden
May 9, 2020
This large backyard garden is in St. Bonifacius.

Twin Cities garden is lush backyard oasis of 'beauty and nature'

Planning pays off for creators of garden oasis in St. Bonifacius.
Home & Garden
May 8, 2020
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Home listings: What $150,000 buys in the Twin Cities area

Home & Garden
May 8, 2020

Gardener shares her top 5 garden tips

Home & Garden
May 7, 2020
Red-necked grebes mating

Red-necked grebes mating

A lucky find, cooperative birds
The Good Life
May 6, 2020
Pamela Diamond and her daughter Kathryn Rozin in the entrance to Rozin's dining room. The two women and their families share a Minneapolis duplex.

Three generations feel 'blessed' in one remodeled Minneapolis duplex

A mother/daughter duo and their families inhabit the same house — a 1904 duplex in Minneapolis' Lowry Hill neighborhood.
The Good Life
May 6, 2020
Learning to install tile is a popular project that's searched for on YouTube.

Twin Cities homeowners turn to YouTube videos to learn repair skills

Platform offers hundreds of thousands of how-to videos, delivering digital tutorials for projects from attic to basement.
Home & Garden
May 5, 2020
In this 2018 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is Wisdom, the world’s oldest known breeding bird with a chick in a nest at t

Big birds can live a very long life, tiny ones not so much

Bigger birds, with bigger brains, tend to live longer.
Home & Garden
May 5, 2020
Hot water faster

Hot water faster

Do you get annoyed with how long it takes to get hot water at your kitchen sink faucet? There's a fix for that.
Home & Garden
May 4, 2020
This French chateau, set on 4 acres in Orono, is now on the market for $4.295 million.

$4.3M mansion in Orono is a French château with its own 'Moulin Rouge' theater

The next owners of this French château will have every amenity imaginable for wining, dining and entertaining guests.
Home & Garden
May 2, 2020
This modern home in Deephaven was designed by architect Charles Stinson.

Deephaven home is modern sanctuary in the woods

Walls of glass bring the wooded outdoors into Deephaven home.
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