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Sweet sorghum gets a squeeze

Reach back into the ”old-timey“ ­corner of your memory for an image that involves sweet syrup, a mule-­powered mill and a field of lanky stalks that look somewhat like seedy, mop-topped corn without ears. Those are the images of sweet sorghum.

    • BOOK REVIEW

      Some bleeding hearts can thrive in Kentucky

      By Susan Umberger

      Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis,and Their RelativesBy Mark C. Tebbitt, Magnus Lidén and Henrik Zetterlund.Timber Press. 176 pp. $34.95.

    • "Smart watering' systems make intelligent irrigation

      By Donna Birch

      MODESTO, Calif. — When Andrew Bolt designed and installed landscaping at his Modesto, Calif., home, he also had workers put in an irrigation system that automatically waters the lawn, flowers, ground cover and bedding plants in the front and back yard gardens.

    • DIGGING IN

      Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

      ■ At the Arboretum. 500 Alumni Dr. (859) 257-9339. www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum.

    • This Dad's a pro

      Dennis Ross stayed home to raise 9 kids, plus he runs a day care

      By Mary Meehan

      GEORGETOWN — The passenger van started rumbling down Scott County roads last year. The signs for a baby-sitting service started showing up on utility poles last spring.

    • Renovated Lexington house to be on TV

      Couple's 5-year project became a model home

      By Mary Meehan

      For Evan and Kimberly E. Brown, renovating their home became more than a pastime. It became an all-consuming, round-the-clock, coal-dust-in-your-face, never-a-moment's-rest passion.

    • Garden economics: Think long-term

      By Barbara Whitaker

      The weather was bleak and the ground unworkable in March, when J.D. Roth and his wife began ­tracking whether their gardening ­efforts would result in ­savings on their food bills.

    • digging in Events, gatherings and productsthat are cropping up

      At the Arboretum. 500 Alumni Dr. (859) 257-9339. www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum.

    • Book review

      Understand your personal style to create the house you want

      By Susan Umberger

      If you are one of the many people who gaze at home décor magazine spreads with envy and aspire to that ­perfection, this book can tell you how such beauty is ­attained: mainly through ­using Photoshop.

    • Clippings

      Specialist will share expertise on garden tour

      SusanSmith-Durisek

      Want to know how to make a French weave to support your wildly ­prolific tomato vines or to watch ­beneficial insects like ­lacewings and trichogramma wasps locked in a battle with green-gobbling bugs?

    • Landscaping with bamboo: Don't let it run wild

      By Susan Smith-Durisek

      Bamboo is a good news/bad news landscape plant. The good news is that it can grow very quickly, spreading to create a lush, green living wall for privacy and blocking unsightly views. The bad news is that it can grow quickly, spreading to create a lush green living forest, ever on the move, invading not only your yard but your neighbors' as well.

    • Refresh rather than renovate bathroom

      By Karen Deer

      If you're ready for a bathroom makeover, you might want to think smaller scale rather than a complete ­renovation.

    • Lexington's namesake hybrid

      Jean Wallen grew the new hybrid dahlia Lexington Deauville on her patio at Lexington's Richmond Place, a senior-living center.

    • BOOK REVIEW

      Learning to landscape with lists

      By Betsy Adler

      Landscape Planning:Practical Techniquesfor the Home Gardener(Second edition,revised and expanded)By Judith Adam.Firefly Books. 247 pp. $29.95

    • DIGGING IN

      Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

      At the Arboretum. 500 Alumni Dr. (859) 257-9339. www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum.

      ■ Gardening With Herbs. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7. $10; $8 for members of Friends of the Arboretum. Pre-registration required.

    • Lexington's Urban Life and Style Tour set

      By Beverly Fortune

      The 5th annual Urban Life and Style Tour will focus on “lived in spaces” in the downtown area.

    • Pull up a chair and stay a while

      Huckleberry's hounds out midcentury modern furnishings

      By Vicky Broadus

      Please be seated. The store's name is Huckleberry's Chair Fetish, but entering the remodeled bungalow on South Ashland, it's clear that owner Earlene Huckleberry has a thing for much more than furniture made just for sitting.

    • Ray Harm's wildlife art getting notice

      By Beverly Fortune

      Ray Harm's wildlife prints became the rage in Kentucky in the 1960s.

    • CLIPPINGS

      Test your tomato taste buds at festival

      By Susan Smith-Durisek

      By popular demand, The Arboretum will be holding its annual Tomato Festival on Aug. 9.

    • DIGGING IN

      Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

    • Handymen spell out the essentials of every toolbox

      By Margaret Slaby

      FRESNO, Calif. — Bill Massey has been a handyman for 18 years. He has hung Sheetrock, replaced doors and remodeled kitchens and bathrooms. Sometimes though, he has been flabbergasted by the jobs homeowners hire him to do.

    • Book review

      Projects that protect the planet

      By Julie Coleman

      XS: Small Structures, Green ArchitectureBy Phyllis Richardson.Universe Publishing 223pp $29.95

    • DIGGING IN

      Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

      At The Arboretum. 500 Alumni Dr. (859) 257-9339. www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum.

    • Digging In

      Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

      Blue Grass Hemerocallis Society Show and Sale. 1-5 p.m. July 5. The Mall at Lexington Green. Free. (859) 608-9071.

    • Bungalow is urban, yet quiet and private

      Lexingtonian built his version of a French city house

      By Beverly Fortune

      Chris Newman looked for two years for an ideal place for an ­urban infill project. Then he ­discovered Kenwick, an older area that includes bungalows and Craftsman-style houses with a new neighborhood energy.

    • A coat of ferns

      The plants add a lushness to gardens

      By Susan Smith Durisek

       

    • The practical but pretty picnic

      By Karalee Miller

       

    • BOOK REVIEW

      Handbook for underused garden plants

      By Betsy Adler

       

    • Clippings

      Conservancy to display gardens in Louisville

      By Susan Smith-Durisek

       

    • BOOK REVIEW

      Book gives fresh painting ideas

      By Susan Smith-Durisek

      Strié, ragging, color washing, spatter, faux finishes, stamping, stencils and murals: Who knew there were so many techniques for applying paint to walls?

    • Comfortable, stylish patio furniture

      By Meda Kessler and Buzz Mcclain

      We saw a vintage folding patio chair in a tag sale recently. Its woven web design and aluminum frame took us back to our youth, when we sat in the back yard watching the fireflies blink in the inky darkness of summer nights. But today, patio furniture is less about nostalgia and more about luxury and comfort.

    • Farmers market returns

      Chef lends hand at opening festivities

      By Sharon Thompson

      The blooming jonquils and forsythia, the singing birds and the warm sunshine are considered by many to be signs of spring. But most Lexingtonians know that the opening of the outdoor Farmers Market marks the official transition of seasons.

    • CLIPPINGS

      A chance to help plant

      Susan Smith-Durisek

      Since 1999, Reforest the Bluegrass, an ecological restoration effort jointly sponsored by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Water Quality, Urban Forestry and Parks & Recreation programs, has been encouraging volunteers to dig in and replant riparian zone buffers around waterways, using native tree species.

    • BOOK REVIEW

      Book offers ideas for composting

      The Complete Compost Gardening GuideBy Barbara Pleasant& Deborah L. MartinStorey Publishing 319 pp $29.95

    • SENSIBLE HOME

      Steam ovens save energy, cook healthier

      James Dulley

      Question: I want a healthy and efficient method to cook meals for my family. I don't like microwave ovens for most foods. How efficient are the new residential steam ovens and do they bake as well as a regular oven? — Jan T.

    • Revive your deck with a good cleaning

      Associated Press

      Right now, your deck or patio might look grungy from winter leaf and debris stains, mildew and aging.

    • Baby's room can now be trendy

      By Kim Cook

      Who said nursery design had to be color-by-numbers?

    • CLIPPINGS

      New site for antiques show has a lot of class(rooms)

      Susan
Smith-Durisek

      The Athens Schoolhouse Antique Show is making its debut this weekend. After 22 years at the Lexington Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse on Angliana Avenue, the Rose family is continuing the monthly show at a new location: the former Athens School property, 6270 Athens Walnut Hill Road. Take Interstate 75 to exit 104, then go one mile east on Athens-Boonesboro Road, or go straight out Richmond Road from Lexington. To celebrate, there will be a $1,000 drawing. Admission, which is $2, can be used as credit in the snack area and, yes, bean soup is on the menu. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. See www.bigblueantiques.com or call (859) 255-7309.

    • Tips for starting seeds

      By Amy Wilson

      Nan Starkweather always had admired ­gerbera daisies but not their price. A glamorous, big-headed, vibrantly colored cutting flower, the daisy can sell for $8 to $10 a stem.

    • Buying a shed? Use your head

      By Alan J. Heavens

      Where do you store your lawn mower, your gardening implements and other tools? If the answer is the garage or the basement, odds are your gear is hard to get to or tough to find when you need it.

    • Guru’s weight-loss idea: Get organized

      His new book draws link between clutter and obesity

      By Tania Fuentez

      Which came first, the clutter or the fat? TLC’s Clean Sweep expert Peter Walsh has the answer — but don’t expect him to mince words in the new book, 'Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?' ($25, Free Press).

    • Book review

      P. Allen Smith gets more out of a garden

      From his own television program, P. Allen Smith Garden Home, and appearances on the Today show to the many publications in which he has shared a love of gardening, P. Allen Smith is widely recognized for both a green thumb and a skilled hand at weaving together home and garden in new and delightful ways.

    • Budding artists

      Mom, daughter sculpt a garden's worth of flowers

      By Jennifer Hewlett

      They're inelegant blobs of drywall mud that have been turned into colorful, jewel-bedecked works of art. They're flowers that have been given names like Cadillac, Lexus, Kelp, Aztec and Sasha.
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