Nov 7, 2009
 
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Life Indoors
  • Houseplants are your indoor garden

    CORVALLIS — As hours of daylight grow fewer and early mornings become frosty, gardeners can turn their focus indoors to houseplants that are sometimes neglected, or at least overlooked, during...

  • Planning your holiday spread

    Every year for the last decade, Medford resident Karen Greene has served up a Thanksgiving spread for 15 to 20 people.

  • Bring your outdoor herbs indoors

    As the outside temperature descends, many serious kitchen mavens who depend on fresh herbs for their culinary creations bring their herb gardens indoors.

Life Indoors
Life Outdoors
  • November garden calendar

    gardening basics

  • Windspires

    Silent, low-cost Windspires — wind turbines built on a vertical orientation — have arrived in the Rogue Valley and are powering two-thirds of the domestic needs of an Ashland farm at a...

  • Easy-Growing Garlic

    Answering questions at the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market, master gardener Regula Pepi says one thing is for sure about growing garlic, "It's nice to grow a different type than you get in...

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Green Scene
  • Grow your greens all winter long

    By Carol Oneal

    Eating fresh greens from the garden all summer and fall has spoiled me. I'm not willing to settle for buying those bland, expensive greens from the supermarket all winter.

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Recipes
  • Hot stuff - 7/31/2009

    Hot and spicy or meek and mild — all types of peppers have their fans. This month Rogue Valley peppers start to mature.

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Homelife Magazine Archives

November 2009

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October 2009

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Green Living
  • Plant a seed, get a tree or shrub

    Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants.

  • Thinking about solar power? It's never been cheaper

    Jillian Lung says she's no environmentalist. Still, she couldn't pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in New York's Queens borough.

  • Going easy on Earth and your wallet

    Starting small can lead to bigger decisions and bigger savings.

  • Going platinum on energy efficiency

    The sleek and stylish home of Allan and Lynn Resnick off the top of Strawberry Lane in Ashland recently became the first LEED-certified residence in Southern Oregon — and will be the main...

  • Eco-baggin'

    We've all become experts in brown-bagging it these days, but that doesn't mean we actually have to use a brown bag.

  • Overcoming barriers to sustainable living

    CORVALLIS — Interested in ways to improve the quality of life and reduce your negative impacts on the environment? An easy-to-read booklet, "Living Sustainably: It's Your Choice," is available...

  • Pink Goes Green

    Home insulation, which has always been pink, is getting "green" now, meaning it's becoming indoor air-friendly, using more recycled materials and is demonstrating environmental responsibility at the...

  • Going Green Saves Green

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says indoor pollution is two to five times worse than outside air. Because we spend 90 percent of our day indoors, that's an alarming statistic.

  • Beyond Organic

    "Sustainable," that busiest of buzzwords, is taking on new meanings almost daily and — in the world of wine — is coming to mean not just organic, but wine that's made by people who view...

  • The Conscious Grape

    Given the choice, we'd all choose wine that not only tastes great, but is good for us and good for the planet, right?

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