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Check for drought stress on trees and plantsOct 23, 2024 1:46 am - This week, check your plantings for signs of drought stress, and if you haven’t planted your crocus bulbs yet, here’s some sage advice.
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The ABCs of adding color in your landscape with bulbsOct 14, 2024 9:43 pm - Now is the time to increase color in next spring’s garden by purchasing spring-flowering bulbs. Here’s a guide to what bulbs to buy, how to shop for them, how to plant them and what to do after they bloom.
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Protect tender plants from coming freezing tempsOct 08, 2024 10:12 pm - Though there’s no freeze in the immediate forecast, you’ll want to be prepared to cover tender plants and bring your tropical plants inside to protect them this winter.
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 13-19Oct 08, 2024 9:37 pm - Orchid show and sale, online herb classes, a tree walk and more.
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Best Bets: Pumpkins galore at Chicago Botanic’s Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-LanternsOct 08, 2024 1:00 pm - The Chicago Botanic Garden hosts its annual Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes headline Chronic Con in Rosemont and the 60th Chicago International Film Festival will screen more than 120 features and 70 shorts.
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Focus on fall planting and transplantingOct 02, 2024 12:17 am - Fall is a great time for planting and transplanting perennials, trees and shrubs. In general, trees and shrubs do not need to be pruned when transplanted to compensate for loss of roots during transplanting. Fall conditions, which include warm soil, moderate air temperatures and rain, help plants reestablish their root systems.
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 6-12Oct 01, 2024 8:07 pm - Plant and bulb sales, garden club meetings and more.
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Home and garden calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 5Sep 25, 2024 1:57 am - Garden clubs, fall planting parties, bulb sales and more.
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Pink or blue? Apply sulfur to turn those pink hydrangeas blue againSep 25, 2024 1:55 am - If your blue hydrangeas have turned pink this year, a sulfur application may return the new flowers’ color to blue.
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Politics prominent this fall, but theater forecast also calls for farce and fairy talesSep 21, 2024 11:15 am - Fall theater offerings suggest artistic directors had politics on their minds when they scheduled their seasons. That said, there’s still plenty of comedy, drama and romance on tap.