Owlets in Susie White’s nesting box. Photograph: Susie White Susie White @cottagegardener Tuesday 27 June 2017 05.30 BST It can take a while for owls to accept a nest box. My homemade wooden one was built…
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Retail sales in Canada up 0.8% in April on gasoline, home supply stores
Canadian retail sales rose more than expected in April on higher gasoline prices and as consumers spent on home appliances and garden supplies, data from Statistics Canada showed on Thursday. The value of retail sales…

You Won’t Want to Miss the Amazing Deals Happening on Home Decor and Furniture This Weekend
Put the two free days you have ahead of you to use getting your house in gear. Whether you’re prepping to host a Fourth of July bash and need some outdoor pillows to spruce the…

Baton Rouge woman downsizes a lifetime of memories into a simplified, modern Jamestowne Court garden home
Four years after her husband of 45 years died, Elaine Roy decided it was time to simplify. Her 60-year-old home in Jefferson Place-Bocage needed constant maintenance as did its large yard. She called her daughter,…

Gutheim & Associates founder dies at 87
WILMETTE, Ill. — Peter Max Gutheim, a veteran furniture industry sales representative and executive, died June 5 at the age of 87. As a graduate of Admiral Farragut Prep School and New York University, Gutheim…

In town of Palermo, community group tangles with Legion over water for garden
The people who manage the Palermo Community Center say the local American Legion post is flouting a court-backed lease that calls for water to be provided to a mobile home, which is then used at…

Chinese hardware giant opens Sydney complex
Chinese building materials and homewares company China Lesso Group Holdings is opening its first exhibition space in Australia today, as it makes a push into the local market. Lesso Home will open a 30,000sq m…

School supports community garden
POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP: Scott Rogasch and Justin Westhoff with Tanunda Lutheran School Year 6/7 teacher Naomi Timms and Year 1 student Hayley Martin. See your ad here See your ad here A stroke of luck has…

Apple just created, and killed, a generation of AR businesses
Two weeks ago, Apple introduced ARKit, its solution for placing 3D objects realistically into a ‘real’ place. Basically, augmented reality. And it just so happens that the Holy Grail of the home decor and architecture…

The Future For Smaller Automakers May Be As Tier 1 Suppliers To Apple And Waymo
In complex manufacturing ecosystems like aerospace and automotive, there is a hierarchical structure through the supply chain that runs from companies that produce the raw materials all the way to the companies that sell products…