Home and Garden
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Sale of farm impacts pantry's collection effortsOct 15, 2006 11:00 pm - Sometimes, blessings disappear just as fast as they materialize. The departure, though, usually is more noticeable, which was the case this year at Naperville's Loaves a...
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Fun and gardening goes hand in hand for studentsSep 10, 2006 11:00 pm - A group of boys squatted on the ground giggling and cheering as if they'd just found the world's coolest discovery. Perhaps they had. "Don't break it," one of them yelle...
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Plant what you love in a kitchen garden and don't forget to share your bountySep 03, 2006 11:00 pm - Not so long ago, wild black raspberries grew everywhere in this region. Nowadays, a teeny store-bought container of red raspberries will set you back a pretty penny. Gro...
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Church grows food for needy families' shelvesAug 22, 2006 11:00 pm - Everything's coming up tomatoes at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mundelein. There are little ones, big ones, plums, cherries, heirlooms, Big Boys, champions and Early G...
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Girl Scouts get in the gardening grooveAug 13, 2006 11:00 pm - The green beans Linda Koss and her daughter Anna, a Girl Scout, picked from the Naperville garden plot looked good enough to eat. In fact, they were deliciously tempting...
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Give from garden and win a prizeAug 13, 2006 11:00 pm - Enjoy visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden? Grow some produce and enter your name in a drawing for a free garden membership. Donors to the Daily Herald's Giving Garden p...
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Growing tomatoes can make you see redJul 30, 2006 11:00 pm - With all the "What to expect when you're expecting" books floating around, how come there isn't one about birthing tomatoes? Because let's be honest, folks, for all its ...
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Donate extra veggies to Giving GardenJul 30, 2006 11:00 pm - No matter how far ahead gardeners plan, they always seem to wind up with too many vegetables. That's perfect for area food pantries -- they're usually running short on ...
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Loss of produce from farm hits pantry hardJul 30, 2006 11:00 pm - Five tons of food disappeared in Naperville. Poof. All gone. In the blink of an eye, thousands of pounds of fresh produce destined for 650 families who monthly rely on...
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Sharing shows Batavia gardener's caringJul 22, 2006 11:00 pm - Betsy Zinser really didn't think the food pantry wanted even more tomatoes. So she called. Just to check. "They said 'Yeah, they're the most popular thing.'" Alrighty, t...