Home and Garden
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Dry or freeze herbs for later useAug 07, 2022 7:00 am - During the first week of August, plant short-season snap beans, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, mustard greens, spinach and radishes for fall harvesting. Conti...
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It may be July, but it's time to think springJul 29, 2022 7:00 am - It is time to plan for and order spring flowering bulbs for your garden. The soil in a bulb garden should be well-drained. Any area in the garden that remains wet for lo...
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Learn to ID plants when they are seedingJul 28, 2022 1:00 am - Lake County Forest Preserve District Stewardship Ecologist Kelly Schultz will be the featured speaker for the Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie chapter meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday...
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Alternatives to store-bought fertilizers are all around youJul 24, 2022 7:00 am - The cost of everything from gas to burgers may be rising, but home gardeners growing produce have found a way at least to avoid paying $4 for a pound of tomatoes. Fertil...
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Water lawn deeply, but less frequentlyJul 24, 2022 7:00 am - Established bluegrass lawns need an inch of water each week to continue to actively grow and stay green throughout the summer. The recent heavy rains have been helpful t...
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Kansas-inspired garden grown in Chicago suburbsJul 24, 2022 7:00 am - Sooner or later, most of us hearken back to our roots. For Jill Russell Tumberger of Mount Prospect, those roots involve acres and acres of south central Kansas farm and...
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Builder and buyer at odds over inspectionJul 24, 2022 6:00 am - Q: The home we are buying is still under construction. For insurance reasons, the developer will not allow us to have a pre-drywall home inspection. He claims his compan...
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'Like Christmas every time we open the kiln': Geneva Arts Fair creators share what makes their work unique
Jul 20, 2022 6:00 am - Geneva Arts Fair creators share what makes their work unique
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Grubs can become a lawn pestJul 17, 2022 7:00 am - Grubs can be a problem in lawns some years. The adult beetles are attracted to irrigated lawns that are surrounded by dry lawns for their egg laying in early summer. If ...
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Working in the garden this summerJul 10, 2022 7:00 am - Installing drain tile can help in certain garden situations where the soil is too wet. The pipe must slope evenly from the highest point to the lowest point where water ...