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Saturday, November 17, 2012

House Hunt: Ranch Style Homes in St. Charles County

Patch has a round up of homes on the market in St. Charles County.

Patch goes on a hunt for homes for sale in the area every week. This week, we’re spotlighting ranch-style homes for sale. Click the links below to view photos of each house.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

St. Charles County Homes For Sale With 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms

Patch has a round up of homes on the market in O'Fallon and nearby.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ask the Patch Pro: Experts Answer Your Cooking Questions

Our panel of experts are waiting in the comments to answer your culinary questions in the latest installment of Ask the Patch Pro.

It's time for another edition of Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comments section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. This week we're talking all about food and cooking. Patch wants to help you get your questions answered, but we needed some help. We've compiled a team of experts to help us out. Meet the experts: If you have a food/cooking related question, ask below in our comment section and one of our experts will answer!  If you consider yourself a local expert and would like to be added to the list, let us know! jordan.lanham@patch.com

Annie - Florida

10:52 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Garage Sales This Weekend in St. Charles County

Check out garage sales in the St. Charles County area on Friday-Sunday.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Ask the Gardener: Why Do Hydrangeas Look So Good This Year?

Got a gardening question? Ask our experts.

Ask the gardener is a column in which local readers send in questions about your garden, lawn, trees and more. Reader question: "Why did the hydrangeas bloom so beautifully this year? In the past, mine haven't bloomed and this year they look great. Was it the mild winter?" Expert answer: Kim Reiss, President of St. Louis Hydrangea Society, is the expert this week. Reiss works at Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood, MO, and part-time in the adult education department at the Missouri Botanical Garden. "It was really just a gift from the winter," Reiss said. "It was such a mild winter that I’ve heard that from so many people. They’ve had hydrangeas for 20 years that had never bloomed, that were on their way to the dumpster and 'Oh my gosh, they …

Monday, July 2, 2012

Couple's Colorful Rose Garden Captivates Visitors

St. Charles Rose Society Members, Marion and Richard Burkholder, have a passion for roses that grows and grows.

Marion and Richard Burkholder’s passion for roses dates back as far as they can remember. Their fathers’ both tended to rose gardens. During the first year of their marriage, Marion’s dad stopped by with a gift—a World’s Fair rose with beautiful blooms. Since then, they have tended to over several hundred plants at homes in Missouri and Kentucky. Each time the Burkholder’s planted a new rose garden, their son, Dennis, would say, “A pool would have been a lot better.” The couple’s garden in St. Peters is a whimsical setting inviting visitors to stop, linger and ‘smell the roses’. Rose varieties include lyrical names such as Scentimental, Melody Parfumee and Carefree Wonder, and share space with patriotic-named varieties like Mrs. Lincoln, …

Friday, June 29, 2012

Have a Garden? Upload Your Pics On O'Fallon Patch

If you love gardening and want to show off some of the beauties you've grown this year, share them with your neighbors on O'Fallon Patch.

If you have photos from your garden, we'd love to see them on O'Fallon Patch! Simply click on the 'Upload Photos' button above and don't forget to tell us who you are! If you have a great gardening tip for your neighbors, please share that in the comment section! You may also be interested in: If you like O'Fallon Patch, don't forget to "like" us on Facebook!

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