Community plots give gardener room to grow
It all started with sod.That led, as it so often does, to a small home garden.

Nursery lends helping hand to Plant a Row Campaign
Getting back to gardening's roots means exploring a time when people worked the land they lived on and helped their neighbors through tough times.

Daughter puts her plant training to good use
Julie Schwartz didn't have much interest in working her family's vegetable garden.

Gardener grows into role helping the hungry
What's the point of retiring if you can't do what you enjoy, Mel Zuehlke reasons.

Here's the lineup of speakers
These are the participants in Plant a Row for the Hungry day, Aug. 3, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.

Island of plenty
Few people have the luxury, or space, to maintain a small fruit orchard in their back yards these days.

Congregation's efforts reap harvest of plenty
It's rather unusual these days to see a 1948 Ford tractor plowing a field in the heart of Mount Prospect.

Now here's a class students really dig
Honors English classes rarely include gardening as a course assignment.

4-H project yields benefits for youths, pantries
You'd expect farm dwellers to take to 4-H groups like ducks to water.

Giving and learning
Little and big hands controlled the stream of water.

Here's a primer for participants
Getting started with a plan to Plant a Row for the Hungry is easy.

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