Gardening
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Get your garden ready with plant sales around the suburbsMay 28, 2025 3:38 pm - Gardeners can get the growing season off to a good start with upcoming plant sales featuring perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants. It is also a good way to support local nonprofit organizations.
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Hanover Park gardener cultivates community with little free sharing greenhouseMay 23, 2025 3:04 pm - Kelly Bauer spreads joy one seedling at a time. For the Hanover Park gardening enthusiast, cultivating seedlings is about nurturing hope. Making those seedlings available for free in a neighborhood greenhouse is about building community, a Bauer helps nourish through The Little Blue Greenhouse located outside her home in the 8100 block of Northway Drive.
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Some tips for spring to keep your lawn, flowers healthyMay 21, 2025 2:05 pm - It has been a wonderful spring so far, with cooler weather and long-lasting flowers. On the other hand, the lawn mowing season has begun.
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Home & garden calendar, May 25-31May 20, 2025 8:04 pm - Plant sales, garden walks and more.
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Grabbing a shovel? Call before you digMay 13, 2025 7:32 pm - If you're using a shovel anywhere in your yard, it's best to "call before you dig" to avoid cutting electricity, water or gas lines.
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Home & garden calendar, May 16-24May 13, 2025 7:07 pm - Monarch butterflies, dahlias and plant sales.
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Some plants cause more suffering than others for gardeners with pollen allergies
May 13, 2025 6:51 pm - For many, the return of the spring garden brings with it a sneezy, itchy, foggy-headed feeling that hits the moment a warm breeze stirs up. The most likely culprit is pollen, the nearly weightless kind that relies on wind. Trees, weeds, grasses and even some of our favorite flowers are allergy triggers. What plant can you choose to keep your sneezing at bay?
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Palatine Garden Club to hold perennial sale at farmers marketMay 08, 2025 10:21 am - The Palatine Garden Club is hosting its Annual Perennial Sale on two Saturdays, May 10 and 17, at the Palatine Farmer's Market, offering a variety of perennial plants, including those for sun, shade, natives, and "pollinator magnets."
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The secret to a refreshing cocktail or mocktail might be growing in the garden
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Best practices to keep those blooms blueMay 07, 2025 12:35 am - Have you noticed your blue hydrangeas are turning pink? The flowers turn pink in more alkaline soils.