Home and Garden
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Food pantry appreciates when gardeners lend a handJul 17, 2006 11:00 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 campaignJul 02, 2006 11:00 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...
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Directions for the homemade upside-down tomato planterJun 05, 2006 11:00 pm - What you'll need: One tomato plant for each planter. Think smaller varieties or cherry tomatoes that don't produce long stems. I picked Burpee's Fourth of July hybrid. I...
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An intrepid gardener sets out to grow tomatoes upside downJun 05, 2006 11:00 pm - Potting mix. Check. Tomato plant. Check. Two-inch shark-tooth drill bit. Check. OK, this is not the way most gardeners start off their growing season. Then again, planti...
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Gearing up for the Giving GardenMay 13, 2006 11:00 pm - It's spring, when a gardener's thoughts turn to ... squash, and peppers, and cilantro, and tomatoes. And as long as you're thinking along those lines, how about adding j...
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Local gardeners give and give some moreOct 17, 2005 11:00 pm - It took a lot of water to keep vegetable gardens flourishing this summer. First, there was all that heat without a single rain-producing cloud in sight. Then - finally -...
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Waste not, want notSep 13, 2005 11:00 pm - As a Depression baby, David Lyons developed strong feelings about letting anything go to waste. On the other hand, he has a big garden. A really big garden. And it's pac...
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Gardeners urged to share bounty with less fortunateAug 21, 2005 11:00 pm - There's always more food growing in the garden than Ron Ory can eat, freeze or share with relatives. "Once my freezer is full, I've got a ton left over," the Naperville ...
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W. Dundee man doesn't mind sharing bounty, but not with deerAug 14, 2005 11:00 pm - Paul Obuchowski likes to joke that folks who know him run scared during the growing season. "You run out of friends and neighbors before you run out of zucchini," the We...
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Church group sows seeds for garden effortsAug 07, 2005 11:00 pm - Cheryl Besenjak looks out over rows of green beans and tomato plants to see families gardening together. She sees Bible study groups, a children's garden, teams of volun...