Home and Garden
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Plant what you love in a kitchen garden and don't forget to share your bountyNov 18, 2021 8:34 pm - Not so long ago, wild black raspberries grew everywhere in this region. Nowadays, a teeny store-bought container of red raspberries will set you back a pretty penny. Gro...
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Church grows food for needy families' shelvesNov 18, 2021 8:34 pm - Everything's coming up tomatoes at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mundelein. There are little ones, big ones, plums, cherries, heirlooms, Big Boys, champions and Early G...
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Girl Scouts get in the gardening grooveNov 18, 2021 8:33 pm - The green beans Linda Koss and her daughter Anna, a Girl Scout, picked from the Naperville garden plot looked good enough to eat. In fact, they were deliciously tempting...
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Give from garden and win a prizeNov 18, 2021 8:33 pm - Enjoy visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden? Grow some produce and enter your name in a drawing for a free garden membership. Donors to the Daily Herald's Giving Garden p...
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Loss of produce from farm hits pantry hardNov 18, 2021 8:32 pm - Five tons of food disappeared in Naperville. Poof. All gone. In the blink of an eye, thousands of pounds of fresh produce destined for 650 families who monthly rely on...
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Donate extra veggies to Giving GardenNov 18, 2021 8:32 pm - No matter how far ahead gardeners plan, they always seem to wind up with too many vegetables. That's perfect for area food pantries -- they're usually running short on ...
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Growing tomatoes can make you see redNov 18, 2021 8:32 pm - With all the "What to expect when you're expecting" books floating around, how come there isn't one about birthing tomatoes? Because let's be honest, folks, for all its ...
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Sharing shows Batavia gardener's caringNov 18, 2021 8:32 pm - Betsy Zinser really didn't think the food pantry wanted even more tomatoes. So she called. Just to check. "They said 'Yeah, they're the most popular thing.'" Alrighty, t...
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Food pantry appreciates when gardeners lend a handNov 18, 2021 8:31 pm - On the rare occasions when the Helping Hands Food Pantry gets fresh produce for its clients, it's usually right in the middle of winter. And what they get most frequentl...
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Get ready to dig in to Giving Garden campaignNov 18, 2021 8:31 pm - Game on, gardeners! The Giving Garden program for 2006 starts this week, and we're committed to raising at least 75,000 pounds of fresh produce for our neighbors in need...