Lake house remodel balances modern and antique style
In Fort Worth a 2200 square foot lakeside home blends high glass walls and traditional wood with a 200 year old antique table as a focal point. The Cummings family designed a two bedroom, three bath retreat with a spill of local art and a wet room concept for active family life.
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Charles
Barbara Cummings
Eagle Mountain Lake
Fort Worth
Texas
Cummingses
Mike Schomburg
Dale Stryker
Strings
Stryker
Monticello
Kelly-Moore
The
Rug Co
William Campbell Gallery
Mimi London
Barbara
Mississippi
Southwest Woodworks
Wildflower Garden Planning for Southern Illinois
A guide on choosing wildflowers for a garden or pasture in Southern Illinois. It suggests clarifying purpose, consulting seed catalogs, and using library books to select species, noting availability limits and potential invasives. It warns woodland species may be slow to establish and that wildflower plots often appear relaxed and weedy outside bloom.
Spring wildflower tours in Southern Illinois attract nature lovers
Spring wildflower tours run across Southern Illinois with events at Giant City Park and Crab Orchard Refuge. Tours note times and dates in April and May, pre registration at the visitor centers, and contact numbers. Guides urge sustainable practices and warn against removing wildflowers or transplanting them from their habitat to protect endangered local species.
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Illinois
Giant City Park
Jenn Skufcaat
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Garden tips for orchids and upcoming observances
Charley’s Greenhouse shares orchid repotting advice noting aerial roots need not all be contained and neem oil makes a good dip for pests and diseases. Earth Day April 22 and Arbor Day April 30 are noted with links to Earth Day net and Arbor Day org. Pat Smart, a longtime Southern Illinois master gardener with University of Illinois Extension, offers contact via psmart midwest.net.
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Earthday.net
Arborday.org
Pat Smart
Southern Illinois
University of Illinois Extension Cooperative
Psmart
Midwest
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