Gardening Through Aging: Wise Ways to Stay Involved
Sydney Eddison at 78 shows how to keep enjoying gardening by working smarter not harder. She shares methods from her book Gardening for a Lifetime and offers tips on shrinking work through shrubs shade gardens containers and practical layout changes while highlighting safe practices and pacing yourself.
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Sydney Eddison
Eddison
Connecticut
Timber Press
Rebecca Haller
Horticultural Therapy Institute
Denver
Phoebe
She
Postcard collecting and rare finds guide
A guide notes collectors seek old postcards, prioritizing items by publishers and artists such as Raphael Tuck and Howard Chandler Christy. It advises sorting valuable cards, like black Santas, holiday, patriotic, and early transport scenes, and checking price ranges from five cents to over one hundred dollars across dealer sites.
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Raphael Tuck
Howard Chandler Christy
Vintage Antiques Prices and Notable Appraisal Names
Current prices from shows and auctions include a 12 inch Billiard windup toy at 144 dollars a Kelva dresser box at 175 dollars and a 19 inch Virginia oak basket at 355 dollars A Jack Dempsey fight button at 515 dollars a Simon Halbig child doll at 545 dollars and an 1790 Shaw made candlestick set at 1415 dollars A D William and Mary candle stand from the early 1700s brings 2360 dollars plus notes on Sandoz duck shaped tea sets and a 3200 dollar original set sale. Kovels advises readers on antiques trends and provides submission guidelines for questions.
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United States
Virginia
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Simon & Halbig
England
William & Mary
Toss the turf home lawn reform movement spurs neighbors
A Washington area trend shows homeowners replacing traditional front lawns with ornamental gardens to curb environmental harm and gain practical plant space. Takoma Park residents Susan Harris and Suzanne Hubbard describe gardens as wildlife friendly, decorative, and interconnected with neighbors through shared local ethos and garden design.
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Washington
Susan Harris
Gardenrant.com
Takoma Park
Lawn Reform Coalition
Harris
Suzanne Hubbard
Hubbard
Holt Jordan
Jordan
Sears
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Kimberly Day Proctor
AP Photos
Newtown
Conn
Kovel
Kukla
Ollie
Sealtest
Kukla, Fran
Wallace
Seal
Theodore Haviland
Sandoy
A. Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Switzerland
France
Sandoz
Terry Kovel
Kovels
King Features Syndicate
57Th St
New York
Hunter Cravat
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