Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Some âSecretâ Places To Buy Summer Plants
BY MOYA ANDREWS Gardeners do the majority of their shopping in the spring when plants are available in profusion. But for gardeners whose passion…
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How to Become an Organic Gardener
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Ferrol Johnson wants local gardeners to think of the soil as âa pet or a friend.â At his Abundant Harvest Farms…
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A âHomeâ Museum In the Heart of B-town (Photo Gallery)
BY LYNAE SOWINSKI When Reverend Ambrose Moore built a mid-Victorian house at 529 N. College in 1869, it was on the outskirts of Bloomingtonâs…
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Thinking About Redoing Your Bathroom?
BY DALE BURG If youâre planning a do-over of your bathroom to make it more attractive and functional, you can feel comfortable about justifying…
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How Lighting Can Transform SpaceâInside and Out
BY DALE BURG If youâve seen how transformative lighting can beâwhen you put in undercabinet fixtures, say, or installed recessed spots in a ceilingâyou…
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A Story About a Man, a Motorcycle, And His Best Friend (Photo Gallery)
BY JEREMY SHERE When local mechanic and construction worker Mark Apple and his best friend, Buster, ride around town on Appleâs sidecar-equipped BMW motorcycle,…
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âA Home of Her Ownâ A New Book by Nancy Hiller
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Virginia Woolf famously wrote, âA woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.â…
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Advice for Growing Your Own Food
BY MOYA ANDREWS Many experienced and aspiring gardeners have dreamed of one day having a garden that could sustain them and their loved ones…
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The Origins of Our Vegetable Garden (See Gallery)
BY ROGER AND ELAINE BYERS When it came time to start winding down our involvement with the outside working world, one of the first…