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Halloween pumpkin waste is a methane problem, but chefs and farmers have solutions

By KIKI SIDERIS
Oct 31, 2025 4:30 am - Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November.
Home & garden calendar, Nov. 2-8

Oct 28, 2025 5:53 pm - Upcoming events and workshops hosted by various garden clubs and organizations in the Chicago area, covering topics like glaciers' impact on landscape, houseplant care, holiday tablescaping, and more.
From errant birdseed to mint mishaps, gardening can be as scary as any Halloween night

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Oct 28, 2025 4:54 pm - There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least suspect — maybe even your own.
Fall gardening checklist for beds, lawns and containers

By Tim Johnson
Oct 28, 2025 3:00 am - I am always looking for ways to be more efficient with my gardening at home. I don’t mulch established planting beds in my garden and I prefer a more natural look.
Home & garden calendar, Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Oct 21, 2025 2:58 pm - Upcoming gardening events, workshops, and club meetings in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like succulent propagation, putting gardens to bed for winter, houseplant care, and holiday decorations.
Warm fall allows more time for garden cleanup

By Tim Johnson
Oct 21, 2025 1:57 pm - Fall is the time for gardeners to clean up plant debris, clear out invasive buckthorn and shred leaves to use as mulch.
Algonquin Garden Club supports local environmental initiatives with grants

Submitted by Algonquin Garden Club
Oct 16, 2025 12:39 am - The Algonquin Garden Club has an annual spring plant sale in May. The proceeds from that sale go directly to environmental causes, because “Nature's beauty is our duty.”
Strategies for successful holiday lighting and spring bulb planting

By Tim Johnson
Oct 15, 2025 3:30 am - Chicago Botanic Garden’s Tim Johnson shares tips for installing holiday lights on trees and shrubs at home, as well as advice on planting spring-flowering bulbs.
How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Oct 14, 2025 5:40 pm - There are a lot of tasty and nutritious uses for secondary plant parts that would otherwise be discarded or, at best, added to compost. Waste not, want not!
Home & garden calendar, Oct. 19-25

Oct 14, 2025 5:32 pm - Upcoming meetings for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, with presentations on topics like bonsai, houseplants, and gardening as you age.

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