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Matching grants to help Fermilab Natural Areas restore grasslands
Nov 27, 2020 12:14 PM - Fermilab Natural Areas is restoring 500 acres of grassland near Eola Road at Fermilab to serve as a breeding habitat for several endangered and threatened bird species that do not use tallgrass prairies or woodlands, such as the upland sandpiper, bobolink and Henslow's sparrow. -
These online plant sellers have a moment in the sun
Nov 22, 2020 6:00 AM - This year has seen a boom in bread-making, home-schooling, outdoor entertaining -- and, it seems, plant sales. If you want to green up a thumb or two, try these nurseries and plant shops that deliver nationwide. -
As fall winds down, get your yard ready for winter
Nov 22, 2020 7:00 AM - It is a good idea to sharpen and clean garden tools when putting them away for the season. -
Record turnout at Naperville Park District's 2020 Pumpkin Smash
Nov 21, 2020 12:52 AM - Unseasonably warm weather and the opportunity to take part in a socially distanced outdoor event helped bring hundreds of people to the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots on Saturday, Nov. 7, to drop off leftover pumpkins to be composted into the garden soil. -
Starting at the Roots: Geneva Middle School North science students learn observation skills
Nov 16, 2020 12:45 PM - As part of their unit on prairie life and native species, Jennifer Benjamin's seventh-grade Life Science classes at Geneva Middle School North have been building their critical thinking skills through the observation of natural habitats. -
Testing garden soil helps you select right fertilizer
Nov 15, 2020 6:00 AM - Have your garden soil tested to determine how best to manage it and what fertilizers to use. Make a composite sample from a few areas in the bed and send the sample in for testing. -
Could astronauts grow plants in soil?
Nov 15, 2020 7:00 AM - NASA has sent a lot of strange stuff into space. It sent gold-plated music albums and photos on the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes. It sent pieces of Kitty Hawk, the legendary Wright brothers' airplane, on Apollo 11. And last month, it used a rocket to send dirt. -
Work off that turkey dinner at Green Friday Restoration Day in McHenry County
Nov 10, 2020 11:31 AM - The day after Thanksgiving, McHenry County Conservation District's land stewards will hold a Green Friday Restoration Day at sites in Lake in the Hills, Marengo, Woodstock and Harvard. -
Wild Ones to host program on seasonal gardening with native plants Nov. 19
Nov 9, 2020 1:35 PM - Wild Ones of Northern Kane County will host an online program on "Gardening with Native Plants through the Seasons" on Thursday, Nov. 19. Denise Sandoval will take you through the seasons to learn about selected native plants. -
Lombard Garden Club hosts monthly programsNov 9, 2020 12:46 PM - The Lombard Garden Club is currently hosting their monthly meetings online, until further notice.
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