Articles filed under Gardening
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Wasco Nursery offers holiday workshopNov 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Wasco Nursery & Garden Center, now in its 93rd year, is offering holiday workshops in November and December. • A free Holiday Indoor Decorating Seminar will be offered ...
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Gardeners question compromise about Naperville post office prairieNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - A longtime gardener and a conservation advocate thought they had their problem solved when they reached a compromise with U.S. Postal Service officials about the future ...
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Put your garden to bed before heading insideOct 28, 2018 7:00 am - There are a few things to do in the garden now, before its winter nap, to help it wake up healthy and ready to get growing in spring. Vegetable garden Insects and d...
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Time to remove fallen leaves, buckthorn treesOct 28, 2018 6:00 am - After a killing frost, remove dead plant debris from annual and vegetable beds. Sanitation is especially important if you have had disease problems in your planting beds...
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To cut back or not to cut back ... in the garden, that isOct 25, 2018 7:00 am - It's time to clean up the garden before it takes its long winter nap. Whether perennials are cut back now or left standing until spring is answered by a couple simple qu...
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Kane County Master Gardener earns state honorOct 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Kane County Master Gardener Sue Styer of Geneva earned an State Outstanding Master Gardener Award during the 2018 Illinois Master Gardener Conference Sept. 7 in Springfi...
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Use few remaining warm days wiselyOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Warm fall days are great for installing Christmas lights. It is much easier to wrap branches with strings of lights on warm days in mid- to late October than on cold day...
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Mulch needed to protect strawberriesOct 21, 2018 6:00 am - Q. How can I take care of my strawberry plants to get them through the winter? A. Strawberry plants need to be mulched once they go dormant in late fall. This is when th...
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Attract more birds to your yard by 'birdscaping'Oct 20, 2018 6:00 am - Food, water and shelter are the basic requirements for attracting birds to your yard. But you can boost the number and variety of species that visit by taking an additio...
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There are more than 900 species of azaleas and rhododendronsOct 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. How do I care for azaleas and rhododendrons? A. Both azaleas and rhododendrons belong to the same genus: Rhododendron. Although there are more than 900 species and cu...