House Hunt: A Home for a Baseball Star

Torii Hunter, the newest Detroit Tiger, went on Twitter Friday looking for places to stay in Detroit. Patch found some homes in St. Clair Shores a baseball star may want to live in during the 2013 season.

Torrii Hunter is on a house hunt according to his Twitter feed, and Patch has identified some homes in St. Clair Shores a baseball star could call home next season. St. Clair Shores has been home for at least one Detroit Tiger in recent years. During the 2011 season, pitcher Brad Penny rented a house on Lake St. Clair near 13 Mile.

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House Hunt: Homes Open Sunday

Patch features some of the open houses this weekend in the Shores.

Patch features some of the open houses this weekend in the Shores.  

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Realtors Finding St. Clair Shores Home Sales Mirroring Regional Trends

Monthly figures for Macomb County and St. Clair Shores show residential real estate market rebounding. The figures come in advance of the upcoming St. Clair Shores Community Open House.

Gifts for Mom: How to Pick the Perfect Plant

What do plant-loving moms really want for Mother's Day? Patio flowers with exotic fragrances, trendy vertical gardens, a 'greens' garden, and ... a great big pile of mulch with all hands on deck.

If you’re one of the countless people who buy flowers for Mom on Mother’s Day, good for you … and great for Mom! There’s nothing like a big bouquet to brighten the day. Area gardening experts suggest taking Mom’s love of flowers a few steps further by picking up a plant for her that she can enjoy, perhaps as a centerpiece on Mother’s Day but then on her patio or deck as an added adornment this summer. And while plants in pots are great, so are blooms that brim from the new vertical, wall trays. Consider giving Mom gardening tools or even a big pile of mulch. Seriously, some mothers have reported that one of their best gifts ever was a pile of mulch and some extra hands for spreading it! Here, some plant- and garden-enthusiast gift ideas …

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Spring is the Time to Sell Your Home

Getting ready to put your home on the market? 'Tis the season, but be sure you de-clutter and get organized first, says a local organization guru.

Spring is a great time to sell your home, according to lendingtree.com.  If you’re getting ready to sell your home, Andrea Wolf wants you to do a knick-knack check, among other things. Wolf, who has been a professional organizer for the past four years and runs Huntington Woods-based NEAT — Need Everything Away and Tidy, says even just a few knick knacks can break a sale, especially if they’re ultra-personal. Here, she shares her best home-staging and de-cluttering tips. Oh, and if you’re not selling your home, some of these insider secrets could still work for you. • Scale down the amount of photos around the home. You don't want people to be focused on the amount of "strangers" posted/hung around the house. This goes for knick knacks, …

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Tom Lipinski

11:13 am on Friday, April 27, 2012

This is excellent advice. Staging or preparing to sell not only puts more money in your pocket, it gets you sold in the first place. Home buyers purchase emotionally, so you must be ready for them. Other than price and aggressive advertising, getting your home ready to sell is the most important step. Actually, it comes first.   more ›

9 Tips to a Green, Healthy Lawn

From maintaining the mower to raking, aerating and fertilizing, here's what you can do – and when – to ensure the grass is greener on your side of the driveway.

We can probably say that it’s safe now to trade snow shovels for garden shovels, snowplows for lawn mowers and mittens for garden gloves. With temperatures climbing into the 60s on a regular basis it’s a downright heat wave — plenty warm to start sprucing up lawns and garden beds. Now is the time to consider everything from mulching grass and checking for disease to inspecting your lawn mower and choosing a date to fertilize. Here, lawn and garden experts offer nine tips for treating your patch of green well and getting it in tip-top shape: Inspect your lawn mower, said Joe Kosiara, master gardener at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. “Pull the plug wire, clean under the deck, remove and sharpen the blade, remove and …

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Spring Home & Garden Show Blooms with Humor

Several seminars, whimsical art and more will cultivate smiles galore.

Gardeners who dig comedy and have a sense of humor will enjoy this year’s Spring Home & Garden Show March 31-April 1. Filling the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, the home-and-garden event blooms with all kinds of comic shows, fun-loving presentations and more. Take, for example, The Backyard Theater, where eventgoers will hear informative and interesting seminars on curb appeal and sustainable landscape practices, presented by Plymouth-based Michigan Landscape Design Services. Its "Bloomsday Preppers" show, hosted by Bryan Mitnick, will provide an entertaining and animated twist to learning about economic gardening. “Bryan dresses up as character ‘Austin Flowers,’” explained Shelly Latshaw, a publicist for the event. “The name of …

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Photo of the Day: Trees in Bloom

How did your plants do overnight?

The warm weather led many trees to bloom around town. But the cold overnight may have damaged some plants. Were your plants damaged? Do you have landscape photos you would like to share? Upload the pictures to St. Clair Shores Patch's Community Gallery. Or add your photos straight to this page by clicking on the green "Upload Photos and Videos" icon.

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Freeze Warning Issued for Monday Night, Tuesday Morning

Temperatures expected to drop into the 20s overnight which will threaten newly budded plants.

Temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing overnight, which could threaten all those early blooming spring flowers. Low temperatures could fall into 20s tonight and early Tuesday morning. Because of these cold temperatures, the National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 11 p.m.- 10 a.m. Tuesday. That means newly budded and sensitive outdoor plants could be killed if left uncovered. Representatives from the Soulliere Garden Center recommended covering plants with freeze cloths, newspapers or sheets. Gardeners can also spray a product called Freeze Proof on the plants.  Click here for additional advice on how to protect your plants.

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House Hunt: Homes Open Sunday

Patch features some of the open houses this weekend in the Shores.

Check out these open houses in St. Clair Shores:

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