Home and Garden
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Adverse conditions don't deter Plant a Row gardenersNov 18, 2021 7:51 pm - Forget the best of times: Most summer vegetable gardens in the area went through the worst of times. A cold, rainy spring deterred many gardeners. When folks finally did...
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Plant a Row for the Hungry DayNov 18, 2021 7:47 pm - The Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Island at the Chicago Botanic Garden will be filled with experts next Sunday to help improve your home vegetable gardens. Here's the s...
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A day for sharingNov 18, 2021 7:47 pm - If there's any one thing common to gardeners, it is their never-ending quest to improve. They want stronger plants, better yields, fewer diseases, new varieties and the ...
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Gardener provides campaign with steady supply of veggiesNov 18, 2021 7:47 pm - Chubby cucumbers are the veggies du jour in George Tresnak's Elburn garden. He doesn't grow skinny ones - just big chubby ones. And they grow in abundance. That's a good...
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Plant a Row a perfect place for extra produceNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - A farm girl at heart, Karen Belt loathes seeing vegetables rotting on the vine. Food is too important to waste. "That''s the way you survived on a farm was to plant thes...
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Prolific Palatine gardener shares abundanceNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - At 4,500-square-feet, Tom Anderson's Palatine garden is larger than most people's homes. And with 40 tomato plants and 25 fruit trees among his vast collection, the even...
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Parishioners reap the fruit of their laborsNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - St. Isidore is the patron saint of farmers, so it's fitting that his Bloomingdale flock works the fields. Tucked behind the Catholic church bearing St. Isidore's name is...
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With a little help, young gardeners blossomNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - The little beds at the Green Earth Institute in Naperville are designed to help tomorrow's gardeners blossom. Children learn the basics about planting seeds, fertilizing...
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Brownies get chance to use their green thumbsNov 18, 2021 7:45 pm - Carl Lytle historically grows a large vegetable garden. He plants and his wife, Jean, cans the results. They make quite a tag team. This year, however, the Des Plaines c...
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Garden club producing for Plant a RowNov 18, 2021 7:45 pm - Peppers, yellow squash, green beans and zucchini are veggies with a purpose. It's not enough that the rows of vegetables thrive under the care of the Hoffman Estates Ga...