Home and Garden
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4-H project yields benefits for youths, pantriesNov 18, 2021 7:21 pm - You'd expect farm dwellers to take to 4-H groups like ducks to water. Jennifer Starai, though, doesn't live on a farm. In fact, she's never lived on a farm. "I live in N...
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Giving and learningNov 18, 2021 7:20 pm - Little and big hands controlled the stream of water. The younger hands, belonging to the 5-year-old boy serving as the day's helper, were fixing to hold the garden hose ...
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Here's a primer for participantsNov 18, 2021 7:20 pm - Getting started with a plan to Plant a Row for the Hungry is easy. You don't need 40 acres of farmland to participate. A patio tomato in a container garden will suffice....
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Produce collection is up, but not like we expectedNov 18, 2021 11:33 pm - Gardeners and other charitable souls contributed 41,652 pounds of fresh produce to area food banks and pantries in response to the Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign. ...
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Sunday school kids learn their lessons well with gardenNov 18, 2021 11:32 pm - The phrase "Sunday best" takes on a whole new meaning for the kids at Southminster Presbyterian Church. On Sundays, when their parents get all dressed up, they toss on t...
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'Surprise Gardener' specializes in planting with styleNov 18, 2021 11:31 pm - If Susie Coelho doesn't inspire you to add some style to the edibles you're growing, no one will. Coelho, host of "Surprise Gardener" on HGTV, will speak at Harvest in t...
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Harvest in the ParkNov 18, 2021 11:31 pm - Bring produce donations, gardening questions, and even pesky bugs to identify. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Friendship Park Conservatory at 395 Algonquin Road, Des Pla...
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Bring your produce to our partyNov 18, 2021 11:31 pm - We've known since Day One of the Daily Herald's Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign that our readers and area gardeners are top-notch. In four years, you've dropped off ...
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Museum farm feeds hungryNov 18, 2021 11:31 pm - Vegetables grown in Elk Grove Village's farmhouse museum made the rounds in years past. Members of the Elk Grove Garden Club who cultivated the plot took some home, they...
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Gardener rallies co-workers to Plant a RowNov 18, 2021 11:29 pm - Rudy Viereckl just wasn't getting enough quality time with his plants. He worked on experimental flowers all day, tended a home garden at night, but still, felt the need...