Home and Garden
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Visit the Kane County Master Gardener Idea Garden this summerJun 14, 2022 11:00 pm - See inspirational ways to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and native plants at the Kane County Master Gardener Idea Garden in St. Charles. Trained University of...
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With dangerous heat headed our way, how bad is your air conditioner for the environment?Jun 14, 2022 5:00 am - As parts of the Chicago area respond to dangerously high temperatures this week, millions of air-conditioning units will kick into action to provide much-needed relief, ...
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A tomato lover's 7 tips for growing them bigJun 12, 2022 7:00 am - A 5-pound tomato? Maybe most gardeners can't grow one that large, but I have collected the best tips I've learned over the years on how to grow a really big tomato. Toma...
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Train shrubs to grow tight along wallJun 12, 2022 7:00 am - Espaliered plants are used for softening large blank spaces on walls or fences. To train espaliers, twigs and branches are bent when they are young and flexible to meet ...
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Best and worst companion plantsJun 11, 2022 7:00 am - We gardeners spend so much time stressing over what our plants need that we often forget they grew just fine for millennia without us. Suppose we step back from our self...
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Huntley Pollinator Garden set up near the libraryJun 10, 2022 11:00 pm - The Huntley Pollinator Garden at Parisek Park is attracting the monarch butterflies, birds, bees, and other creatures that pollinate the farmland and gardens that grow o...
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Sign up for program on raising monarch butterfliesJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Learn how to raise healthy monarch butterflies at a workshop hosted by the DuPage Monarch Project from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sheldon Peck House, 355 E Parksi...
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DuPage Monarch Project to host 'Raising Healthy Monarch Butterflies' June 15Jun 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Love monarch butterflies? Miss seeing the surprise flash of vibrant orange and black wings floating by and eager to invite them back into your neighborhood? Here are a f...
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The garden is planted. Now what? Find out during virtual program WednesdayJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - The garden is planted. Now what? Find out from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in a virtual program presented by the University of Illinois Extension and the Solid Waste Agency...
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How to encourage fuller, more plentiful, flowering plantsJun 05, 2022 7:00 am - Pinch fall-blooming plants, such as chrysanthemums and hardy asters, to control their size and increase production of flowers. Pinching will induce side branching, produ...