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Posts tagged “Washington Post”

DIY (or Made-to-Order!): T-Shirt Quilts
Washington DC

Is it hard to part with favorite t-shirts? We're attached to our worn-out Pink Floyd Shirt from the 1995 tour and have been resisting cutting it up for rags (our usual practice for non-donatable clo...

Organizing the Attic Series with Liz Seymour
The Washington Post 7.24.08

Have you been following the Washington Post's attic organization series? We posted on it at the beginning of the series and have since been loyally reading... and wondering: how much of this applie...

Rain Gardens in the DC-Area
The Washington Post 7.3.08

Rain gardens are ideal for DC because they mimic the region's pre-settlement swamps. Rain gardens are designed to slow rain water and trap it in a way that's good for your garden and the environmen...

The Best Garden Plants for DC
The Washington Post 6.21.08

In our quest to keep our balcony plants alive, we were thrilled to find this article by local landscape and design expert Joel M. Lerner, the president of Environmental Design in Capitol View Park, ...

AT DC: Too Much Mulch?
The Washington Post 6.5.08

Mulch much? The Washington Post featured a story on the overuse of mulch in the U.S. Apparently, Americans now use about 40 million cubic yards of it a year (estimated by the Mulch and Soil Counc...

AT DC: Attic Organization with Liz Seymour
The Washington Post 5.15.08

Her attic is a mess. With perfect timing for May spring cleaning month, the Washington Post is featuring a series on attic organization. Week one started today with a description and slide show of ...

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