Articles filed under Gardening
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Viatorian gardeners grow food to help families in needSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - With at least two more months of harvesting to go, Viatorian gardeners already have grown - and donated - nearly as many vegetables as all of last summer, or around 800 ...
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Pottawatomie Garden Club to do fall planting Sept. 16Sep 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Earlier this summer, a group of the Pottawatomie Garden Club members gathered to keep the River Corridor in downtown St. Charles looking beautiful. This group has met se...
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Get out the clippers: The weeds are trying to take overSep 08, 2020 11:00 pm - If you had to define the purpose of gardening, the answer might be that it is the act of crafting beauty from nature. That would be the poetic response. At its base, gar...
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Medieval monastery gardens have a timeless, uplifting designSep 06, 2020 7:00 am - Enclosed and hidden gardens have always appealed to me as spaces sheltered from the stormy world. But a bunker alone is not enough; a refuge must be uplifting and play t...
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Replace perennials with shrubs for a low-maintenance landscapeSep 06, 2020 7:00 am - The older I get, the larger my gardens seem. Although they have not actually grown in physical size, it takes me longer to weed them, cut back perennials in them, and wa...
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If your lawn is abused or overrun by weeds, now is the time to fix itSep 06, 2020 7:00 am - For some, the lawn is still about projecting the trophy landscape. For most of us, it's the default green feature around the home. And for a third group, it's an environ...
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Fall preparations can protect trees from deer damageSep 06, 2020 7:00 am - It is time to protect the trunks of smooth-barked trees, such as young maples, from deer rubs. Deer rub their antlers on the trunks of smooth-barked trees to accelerate ...
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What grass is best for northern Illinois?Sep 06, 2020 7:00 am - Many lawn grasses are described in gardening magazines and books. Which grass is best for lawns in northern Illinois? The choice depends largely on characteristics of th...
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Have transplants ready to take place of harvested vegetablesAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - One way to reap an abundance of vegetables from even a tiny garden is to keep planting throughout the growing season. Soon, you could be filling in new vegetables where ...
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Forget the lawn, water the flower bedsAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - A drought is one of a gardener's worst nightmares. When Mother Nature refuses to provide rainfall, but delivers plenty of heat and wind, landscapes suffer. Drought-stres...