Credit Christopher Brinckerhoff

This week’s garden tip was submitted by Wally Schmidtke, sales manager at Pesche’s Flower Shop and Garden Center. Many of our customers have brought in plants covered with ugly, purp...

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In the zip codes 60016 and 60018 there were 16 properties listed in foreclosure, as of June 7, according to AOL Real Estate. In 60016, there were two new properties listed since May ...

Credit Christopher Brinckerhoff

This week’s garden tip was submitted by Wally Schmidtke, sales manager at Pesche’s Flower Shop and Garden Center. Several of our customers have come in with insect problems improperl...

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Des Plaines had more foreclosure filings reported in its two zip codes in April than any surrounding suburb with data available on RealtyTrac’s website. Only one other suburb, Elk Gr...

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In Des Plaines, in the zip code 60016, 11 properties are listed in foreclosure, and in 60018, five are, according to AOL Real Estate. Above, those locations are plotted on an interac...

Credit University of Illinois Extension

This week’s garden tip was submitted by Wally Schmidtke, sales manager at Pesche’s Flower Shop and Garden Center. The beetles are coming, and not the ones from Liverpool! Right now J...

Credit Pam DeFiglio

  This Memorial Day, leave the mayonnaise in the refrigerator. Try this potato salad made with Mediterranean ingredients, such as olive oil, prosciutto and sun-dried tomatoes. Borrow...