Home Front Home Front (December 31, 2004)

IF YOU THINK YOU CAN . . . Home Depot is offering a series of workshops designed to help do-it-yourselfers in January. Classes include Power Tools 101: You Can Try It Before You Buy It, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; You Can Measure and Install Window Treatments, Thursdays, 7 p.m.; You Can Install Laminate Flooring, Fridays, 7 p.m.; You Can Get Organized, Saturdays, 10 a.m.; You Can Measure, Cut and Install Molding and Trim, Saturdays, 2 p.m.; and You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux, Sundays, 2 p.m. A Do It Herself clinic is set for Monday, Jan. 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and 7:45-8:45 p.m. Classes are free and include hands-on practice sessions. Home Depot is located at 1781 E Bayshore Road, East Palo Alto.

TLC FOR ROSES . . . Ed Holm, a past president of the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation, will teach a class on Rose Care and Pruning on Saturday, Jan. 15, 9 to 11 a.m. at the Gamble Garden Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. The lecture-demonstration is $25 for non-members, $20 for members. For information, call (650) 329-1356 or visit www.gamblegarden.org.

NEW USES FOR OLD CARDS . . . When this year's holiday cards start feeling like clutter, you can bundle up the fronts and send them to St. Jude's Ranch for Children, Born Again Card Recycling Program, 100 St. Jude's St., Boulder City, NV 89006-0100. Cards from any season will do. Children trim the designs on the front and glue them onto new cards, which are sold. For more information, call (800) 492-3562. For other greeting-card recycling ideas, visit www.cityofpaloalto.org/recycle and click on recyclopedia.

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