Home and Garden

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Now you're cooking

With more people becoming passionate about gourmet cooking each day, modern kitchens are introducing a variety of innovative appliances to make the task easier and results as good as you will find in a five-star restaurant. All you need to add is your favorite recipes.

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Art nouveau transcends the ages

Once upon a time in a place called Beverly Hills there was a showroom owner who had always admired the elegance and beauty of art nouveau. One day inspiration led him to design and place a dining chair on the showroom floor conceived with that period in mind. He watched in amazement and with great gratitude the excitement and buying frenzy that this new chair created.

Good leadership important to save planet

Good leadership is important. It can make or break a community, a nation and even our world. As citizens we depend on leaders to establish policies and standards that make our community safe. They must balance the immediate needs of many while keeping an eye on long-term trends that will shape our future. It’s not an easy task and there are more opposing opinions (some with loud voices) than you can shake a stick at.

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Know color's effect to use it best

Last month I shared with you the how and why we respond to colors. Now let’s look at how they affect us. If we understand the responses to colors and the way they effect us, we can better utilize color to our advantage.

Extension workshop focuses on local food production

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Utah State University Cooperative Extension are co-sponsoring a workshop for growers and small food-producing companies, “Farm Products to Food Products: Increased Sales and Season Extension through Value-Added Products.” The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at the Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road.

Many factors affect tomato production

Q: I noticed last year that I didn’t get nearly the same number of tomatoes that I had harvested in previous years. I have a raised bed with a blend of about 4-to-1 cheap compost and our desert soil. Each year I have continued adding compost from my own yard and vegetable scraps. Last year the tomato plants themselves grew well and I saw lots of flowers, but the tomatoes just never developed.

Renewable credits help renters go green

One of my recent columns prompted a reader named Paul to write, “I want to move toward a greener lifestyle, especially want to incorporate solar. But since I am renting a house, I’m concerned there’s little I can do without installing things on a house I don’t own. Any ideas?”