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House Beautiful: Condo a canvas for art collection

Grania Litwin / Times Colonist

Pat Preston is mad about art, wild about watercolours and crazy for canvasses by local artists no matter where she is living, and she has lived from Toronto to Florida to Salt Spring...

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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Attractive tamarisk shrub an invasive species

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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: This year’s garlic harvest looks great

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Homes: Out of the woods, into the house

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Beware the plants that can poison pets and livestock

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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Now is the time to start a ‘kitchen’ garden

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Condo Smarts: Take back control of meetings from manager

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Homes: From cabin to wonderful cottage

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Reena Nerbas: Vacuum trick gets under fridge; face mask on the cheap

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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hamlet seeds produce fine tomatoes

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Condo Smarts: Strata council stalled by ex-president’s demands

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Homes: Reimagined refuge on the water

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