Home and Garden

Seeds: UC Davis Arboretum presents Durable Delights

Debbie Arrington - Published: 12:00 am

Necessity brought change to the landscaping of UC Davis. It also meant opportunity for the UC Davis Arboretum.

Durable Delights: Desert Spoon

Published: 12:00 am

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum Durable Delights, 30 can't-fail, easy-care plants well-adapted to our region.

Garden Calendar: today and coming events

Published: 12:00 am

Special events - The Folsom History Museum presents an exhibit on textile construction, 18th century to present. Displays show the history of yarn production, weaving and knitting.

Sacramento Connect: Best of Blogs

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The Sacramento Bee hosts a network of high-quality news providers and bloggers in the Sacramento region. Here is a sampling of the best of the current Home & Garden blogs.

Hints from Heloise: Banish musty closet odor with baking soda

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DEAR HELOISE: My home is an older home, and anything that had been in any closet has an "old" smell. I want to put boxes of baking soda in each closet to help control odors. Should I place the soda boxes on the top shelf or on the floor?

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HOW-TO VIDEOS

From UC lectures on vegetable gardening and pesticide use to creating weed barriers and drought-tolerant gardening, Click below to watch and learn!

Video: Home vegetable gardening, part 1

Video: Home vegetable gardening, part 2

Video: Understanding pesticides, part 1

Video: Understanding pesticides, part 2

Video: High density fruit tree growing

Video: Backyard orchard demo, part 1

Video: Backyard orchard demo, part 2

Video: Best garden tools you need to purchase

Video: How to prepare your garden for winter

Video: How to prepare for fall clean-up

Video: Reusable weed barriers

Video: Trees are shady characters

Video: California native landscapes

Video: Drought tolerant garden

Seeds: UC Davis Arboretum presents Durable Delights

Necessity brought change to the landscaping of UC Davis. It also meant opportunity for the UC Davis Arboretum.

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Debbie Arrington

Seeds: UC Davis Arboretum presents Durable Delights

Necessity brought change to the landscaping of UC Davis. It also meant opportunity for the UC Davis Arboretum.

Home Improvement

A painted door opens the way to décor possibilities

By Amy Lorentzen - Published: Saturday, January 12 2013 - 12:00 am

If you've got your décor looking just about right but want that extra "wow" factor, consider painting interior doors.

Too much stuff or too little space?

By Debbie Arrington - Published: Saturday, January 12 2013 - 12:00 am

It's an ongoing dilemma: What to do with all our stuff?

Designers comment on Emerald, the Pantone color of the year

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: Wednesday, January 2 2013 - 4:44 pm

The Wizard of Oz would be green with envy. That icon of the Emerald City undoubtedly would agree it's the perfect shade. So would the residents of "Downton Abbey."

Gardening