Lifestyles
Get a soil test before you start fertilizing
You won't need a dirt doctor to tell you when the soil in your yard is ailing; the vital signs will be obvious.
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YARD MAKEOVER: Desert landscape inspires Valley Center couple
This is the first in an ongoing series of articles about how local readers re-landscaped their yards to make them more drought-resistant, cost-efficient and easier to maintain. Got a water-wise landscape makeover you're proud of? Send an e-mail to "home@nctimes.com" with a description of …
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'Don't Guess. Soil Test.'
You can buy the most attractive plants in the greenhouse or order the best seeds, but they won't produce if your garden lacks nutrients.
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Fabric buntings dress up Thanksgiving dining room
Between Halloween costumes and Christmas decorations, Thanksgiving can get lost in the shuffle.
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Vista congregation marks first half-century
A half-century ago, in an attempt to give their children a more liberal religious education, 21 people joined to create what is now the Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vista. Last month, the fellowship finished a yearlong celebration of its 50-year existence.
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Serbs bid emotional farewell to Patriarch Pavle
BELGRADE, Serbia ---- Hundreds of thousands of people joined a somber funeral procession Thursday for Patriarch Pavle, the leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and the Balkans' bloody ethnic conflicts in the 1990s.
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Internet believers: Pastors open online churches
Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.
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ASK ROSE: Some trees can be thirstier than grass
Q. I have an area of lawn, or more properly, an area that used to be a lawn. It is now an area of dead grass because I have stopped watering it. Now that fall is here and rain can be expected, I plan to take out the remaining remnants of grass and plant fruit trees. My question is, should…
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HOUSEWORKS: Untrained do-it-yourselfers often end up in emergency rooms
Time was, we handy folks had to shop at sawdusted lumber yards and small-town hardware stores.
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World and national religion briefs
Religion news from around the world:
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Faith & Values briefs for the week of Nov. 20
News and announcements from area congregations:
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Area restaurants serve up Thanksgiving day specials
Temecula food donations: Residents can drop off food donations at the Old Town Temecula farmers market from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Sixth and Old Town Front streets. Donations go to Temecula Valley People Helping People; go to www.tvphp.org.
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Food and Dining Briefs for Nov. 19
Ex-local heads Kiwi winery: Just over 10 years ago, San Diego State University graduate Quintin Quider was a local sea urchin diver. Today, he and his wife, Avril, own Wild Earth Winery in New Zealand. The Quiders established their vineyard in 1998 and produced their firs…
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Deciding which Thanksgiving dishes to make healthy
Serving a healthy Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to mean giving up that pumpkin pie or those buttery sweet potatoes. But it does involve making some trade-offs.
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