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Patch's House & Home
Prepare Your Water Garden for Winter – Responsibly
Cooler autumn temperatures stimulate a host of cleanup tasks in gardens and landscapes. For water gardeners this means draining and preparing ornamental water features for sub-freezing te...
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Patch's House & Home
Dying and Falling Needles on Evergreens is a Natural Process in the Fall
Although referred to by many people as “evergreens,” trees with needle-shaped leaves are better identified as a “conifers.” This conifer classification includes tree families such as pine...
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Patch's House & Home
Chinese Mystery Snail Recorded in Michigan Lakes
While the threat of Asian carp has prompted multi-million dollar efforts to monitor their spread, other invasives have gone unnoticed for decades. One of these lesser-known species is t...
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Patch's House & Home
House Hunt: Economical Options
Click on the gallery above to see homes currently for sale in Brighton and Brighton Township for $200,000 or less. 932 Brighton Lake Rd, $193,000 8142 Bishop Rd., $188,900 ...
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The Weedy-Seedy Plants of Fall
Every fall, hikers, walkers and gardeners – anyone who spends much time outside – run into a similar dilemma. They look down at their pant legs and they are covered with seeds that do not...
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Patch's House & Home
Fall 2012 Color Outlook for Landscape Plants and Trees
As the days begin to get shorter and football season starts, fall color is always a topic of interest in Michigan. Predicting how intense our fall color will be is an inexact science at b...
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Patch's House & Home
House Hunt: Ample Abodes
Click on the gallery above to see recently reduced homes currently for sale in Brighton and Brighton Township. 6076 Brighton Lake Rd., $1,100,000 11169 Hyne Rd., $799,000 2...
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Patch's House & Home
Sold! Real Estate Transactions: Sept. 2 Edition
A 2,665 square-foot ranch house at 5389 Hidden Pines Dr. in Brighton, featuring five bedrooms and four baths recently sold for $500,000, according to AOL Real Estate....