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Too cold outside? Look for indoor garden tasks

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Dec 30, 2025 5:53 pm - It’s cold outside, but gardeners can keep busy with maintenance or preparation tasks, such as checking on vegetables in winter storage, shopping for seeds, organizing your garage or tending to bulbs that you’re forcing to bloom indoors, such as paperwhite narcissus.
Christmas is over, but what to do with the tree? Here’s some alternatives to the landfill

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Dec 30, 2025 5:05 pm - Some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they decompose without oxygen, generating greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, which may contaminate groundwater. There are options for tree disposal that will avoid harming the environment and could improve your garden.
Deck your garden with boughs of holly, a plant rich in symbolism and evergreen beauty

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Dec 30, 2025 4:35 pm - There are more than a dozen holly species native to the continental U.S. Their red berries and deep-green foliage are beautiful year-round garden staples. And their berries provide an important winter food source for birds and wildlife, although most are considered toxic to humans.
Choosing the best foods for backyard birds

Dec 30, 2025 4:14 pm - Feeding wild birds can be a popular and rewarding hobby. Such a hobby facilitates a connection with nature and helps to ensure local wildlife gets the sustenance it needs to survive.
Daily Herald photo contest winners for December 2025

Daily Herald report
Dec 30, 2025 3:57 pm - The top finishers in December’s amateur photo contest capture scenes from ferocious to serene.
BBB’s top scam-prevention resolutions for 2026

Submitted by Better Business Bureau
Dec 30, 2025 3:33 pm - As consumers ring in the new year, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is urging them to add critical resolutions to protect themselves from scams and fraud in 2026.
Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill and what you can do about it

By CALEIGH WELLS and AYA DIAB
Dec 30, 2025 3:16 pm - The busiest time of the year for product returns is just beginning. The National Retail Federation estimates 17% of holiday purchases will be sent back this year. These returns come with an environmental cost, but there's a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it.
Water issue not disclosed in trustee sale

By Barry Stone
Dec 30, 2025 3:14 pm - New homeowners discover the home they bought from a family trust had a major ground drainage problem at the time of the sale. Buyers have since learned the Realtor was aware of the issue and hid it. Who is liable for damages?
Chopping chives as competitive sport? Chefs are chasing a perfect score.

By Emily Heil
Dec 30, 2025 5:17 am - Chives — and the pursuit of perfection in their chopping — are having a bit of a moment. The Instagram account RateMyChives judges the quality of chefs’ and home cooks’ piles of minced herbs, while on Reddit a user named F1exican posted a daily picture of a pile of chives he has minced, asking people to find flaws.
Start the new year with self-guided meditation and prayer

Submitted by Pat Szpekowski
Dec 30, 2025 12:22 am - Would you like to begin the new year in a meaningful way? Come join others for a time of quiet reflection with meditation and prayer. “Release & Renew,” a self-guided p...

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