Articles filed under Gardening
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Handle with care: Hard-shelled winter squashes are softiesSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - Winter squash is finally nearing maturity after spending 80 to 100 days growing in the family garden. What is not generally known, though, is that these hard-shelled veg...
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Indoor grow gardens bring your gardening insideSep 30, 2017 6:00 am - A tasty salad of tender pea shoots. Handfuls of fragrant herbs for the stew. Snack veggies for lunchboxes. Keeping a fresh supply of greens and herbs on hand can be chal...
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Plant bulbs that will be avoided by hungry crittersSep 24, 2017 6:00 am - Allium, or ornamental onions, are some of the best bulbs to plant for resistance to animal browsing. They come in many varieties. Try the popular June-blooming Globemast...
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Ornamental grasses sway in the fall breezeSep 24, 2017 6:00 am - Close your eyes and picture a fall landscape. I'd bet the farm (if I had one) that the landscape in your imagination includes ornamental grasses. They are the backbone o...
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How to safely remove poison ivy vinesSep 24, 2017 6:00 am - Q. What can I do in September to control poison ivy? I am noticing it in a number of places in my backyard. A. Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a native North Amer...
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Late-summer sniffles? Goldenrod isn't guiltySep 24, 2017 6:00 am - Like a lot of people, I have an allergy to ragweed. My affliction isn't as bad as the debilitating reaction I used to have to spring tree pollen before I built up some i...
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Giving gardens have grown in Northwest suburbsSep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2000, the Daily Herald started a unique program that urged backyard gardeners to "plant a row for the hungry" and donate their surplus vegetables to area food pa...
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Saving seeds saves money and plant historySep 17, 2017 7:00 am - Seed saving is precisely that. Gathering seed saves money for the next planting season and also saves genetic strains that may have originated generations ago in family ...
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Loss of shade tree opens up gardening opportunitiesSep 17, 2017 6:00 am - Q. A huge ash tree from my neighbor's yard to the south of my house was removed and now my shade garden is out in the open sun. What can I do to keep my garden looking g...
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Time to protect your trees from deerSep 17, 2017 6:00 am - Autumn is the time to protect the trunks of smooth-barked trees such as young maples from deer. Deer rub their antlers on trees and typically use the trunks of smooth-ba...