Articles filed under Gardening
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Start now to get another growing season out of your gardenAug 08, 2021 7:00 am - The same hot weather that brings out the best in tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other summer vegetables makes spinach, lettuce, peas and other cool-weather vegetables ...
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How to keep your containers healthy lookingAug 08, 2021 7:00 am - If the plants growing in your containers or baskets are looking stunted or have leaves that are yellowing, they may need supplemental fertilizer. The frequent watering r...
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How Elk Grove man is working to help struggling butterfliesAug 08, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Ned Bruns has built a butterfly playgrou...
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Suburban Skyview: Digging into a community garden in Arlington HeightsAug 08, 2021 5:30 am - A large portion of land on the north end of Frontier Park in Arlington Heights is the home for 36 equal plots, rented each summer to suburban gardeners. The plots borde...
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MCC's new agriculture program has successful first yearAug 05, 2021 11:00 pm - McHenry County College is getting ready to welcome a new crop of Entrepreneurial Agriculture students this fall. The program, which trained its first group of students ...
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Saving the monarchy: How an Elk Grove Village man is working to help struggling butterfliesAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - Ned Bruns has built a butterfly playground with a purpose in his Elk Grove Village backyard. “The monarchs are in great decline,” Bruns said in explaining that purpose. ...
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Local Realtors beautify Naperville's Commissioners Park with pollinator plantsJul 27, 2021 11:00 pm - A group of Realtors from Century 21 Affiliated of Naperville gathered with a few friends from the service organization PEO (Philanthropic Education Association) to add p...
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Growth industry: Libertyville man plants urban farm in old shipping containerJul 26, 2021 5:30 am - At the 5.5-mile mark of the North Shore Bike Path, east of Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville, a mural depicting microgreens has emerged as a calling card for a new busine...
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Weeds aren't all bad, but do need to be controlledJul 25, 2021 7:00 am - Eons ago, the first humans learned to drop seeds into the ground to grow plants for food, for beauty and for fiber. We've come a long way developing what plants we grow ...
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Orders for Glen Ellyn History Center's annual mum sale begin Aug. 3Jul 24, 2021 11:00 pm - Beginning Sept. 8, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society's 2021 Mum Sale blooms for everyone who is ready to purchase beautiful chrysanthemums. The sale will be held at the...