Cloth Diapers Fight Groundwater Threat and Costs
In 1989 Americans used 18 million disposable diapers and occupy Sandhill space with waste. Disposable diapers consume vast wood pulp and plastic, sending millions of tons of untreated feces to landfills yearly. Cloth diapers offer safer, cheaper, and environmentally friendlier options with natural fibers and modern covers. Environmental groups urge awareness and provide vendor resources and catalogs for cloth diaper services and products.
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St. Ndeta
Lanafilis
Dianer Services
National Association of Diaper Services
Walnut St
Philadel
Santa Fe
Bodega Ave
Petaluma
Sebastopol
Center offers home landscaping classes at Beaver Lake Nature Center
The Beaver Lake Nature Center in Onondaga County hosts a series of home landscaping lectures starting March 27 at 7 pm with sessions on April 10. Jim Solleito and guests explore designs using trees shrubs perennials bulbs stones wood and other elements. Each participant creates a yard plan to be critiqued at the final session. Fees are 35 for couples and 25 for individuals. Pre registration is required. The center is located west of Baldwinsville. For information call 638 2519.
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Beaver Lake
Baldwinsville
Primrose 2 house design offers airy space and practical layouts
The Primrose 2 showcases a bright vaulted family room and living area with ample kitchen space for multiple cooks, a large master suite with doubles and walk in closets, and a flexible option to remove the basement stairs for more bath or storage. The design suits working couples and teens sharing spaces, with double vanities in key baths and deck access from main rooms. Send $5 to Landmark Designs in Eugene, Oregon to order plan PRIMROSE 2 (330-52).
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P.O. Box
Eugene
Majolica Vase From Victorian Era Leaves Family Mystery
A reader asks to identify a 15 inch high majolica vase with white lining amber handles and outgrowing petal decorations. The piece is described as earthenware with tin enamel glaze and attached petals, seeking approximate value and origin details.
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D.E
Marcellus
Antique chair and vase valuations from Syracuse letters
Readers submit questions on antiques including a 19th century mahogany elbow chair with needlepoint seat worth 300 to 350 dollars, a pair of cane seated side chairs about 100 years old worth around 300 dollars for the pair, and a large vase from the Victorian era linking Majolica to 19th century decor. Advice suggests determining provenance, selling via classifieds, and contacting Mario Rossi for further inquiries.
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Majorica
How to Buy an Oriental Rug Like a Diamond
A guide from New York dealers and experts outlines evaluating Oriental rugs from Persia Turkey and the Caucasus. It notes dates colors and patterns, stresses patience and trusted vendors, and offers sizing and placement tips for rooms while warning against fakery and pushy sales tactics.
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House Beautiful
Elizabeth Nelle
Leslie Btau
New York
Persia
Turkey
Caucasus
Central Asia
Chinna
Sam Blount
Irvine & Fleming
Blount
Donald Coury
Coury
Nelle
Spring cleaning tips wanted from readers
The calendar signals spring and readers are invited to share shortcuts or easy remedies for tedious cleaning chores. Send tips with name address and phone number to Herald Journal Food and Home editor P O Box 4915 Syracuse NY 13221.
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Mario Rossi
Food & Home Section
Herald-Journal
Syracuse
Herald-Journal Food & Home
P O. Box
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