Article: The backyard makes a comeback.(Home Garden)

Byline: Paul Rogers CTW Features

Staycation. Holi-stay. Sit-about. Home-trip. Call it what you will, but more people are spending more time at home this summer than probably ever before.

A Zogby International poll found that 40 percent of Americans, apprehensive over the economy have limited or canceled their vacation plans. Instead, experts say, they will make use of that most traditional of American spaces: the backyard u albeit a souped-up, 2009-version of the backyard.

The days of a simple kettle grill and umbrella-topped table sitting on a square of paving stones is going the way of lawn darts. These days, more and more backyards are ...

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