post-gazette.com - Home & Garden http://www.post-gazette.com/homes Home and garden news and features, garden columns by Susan Banks, Doug Oster en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:02:17 -0400 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Couple move toward culture of Downtown life http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981402-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml On a typical summer night, Ralph and Mary Cindrich leave their condominium at 151 Firstside, pedal bicycles to the Hot Metal Bridge, cross to the South Side and dine at Bar Louie in Station Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Real Estate People & Places http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981420-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Real estate news in brief. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Buying Here: Hampton http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981421-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Hampton's roots reach all the way back to the late 18th century, when it was a portion of the Depreciation Lands reserved for Revolutionary War veterans. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Celebrate your design independence at Lane Tour showcase http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981652-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Gender-tainment, the tour, is coming to a store near you. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Book Nook: "Crystal and Arabesque" http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981655-44.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml "Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon, Ornament, and Modern Architecture" By Jonathan Massey University of Pittsburgh Press, $59.95 Massey documents the life and little-known work of the Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Herb club to sponsor lecture on cocoa plant http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981715-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml The Piccadilly Herb Club will host a lecture on "The Importance of the Cocoa Plant" by Cindy Fink on July 16 at 10 a.m. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Aggressive spraying can control violet weeds on lawn http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981717-47.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml Q. I have violets in a portion of my yard, and they are spreading as time goes on. Whatever my lawn care company is using on my lawn for weed control does not have any effect on these pesky weeds. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Creatively designed hardscape an uplifting element in O'Hara garden http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09185/981718-30.stm?cmpid=homegarden.xml To see the softer side of hardscape, take a walk around the side of this O'Hara home. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400