Articles filed under Gardening
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Want to help bees? Plant flowering herbsMay 03, 2019 6:00 am - Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. They can tantalize the taste buds, help cure what ails you, oil the body, perfume the air, and attract bees, butterflie...
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St. Hugh of Lincoln to host spring plant, craft and bake sale May 11Apr 29, 2019 11:00 pm - On Saturday, May 11, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church, 36W957 Highland Ave. in Elgin, is hosting a "Spring Plant, Craft, and Bake Sale" from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Vi...
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No need for a vegetable garden to grow vegetablesApr 28, 2019 7:00 am - Space-challenged gardeners without room for gardens designated solely for growing vegetables need only look as far as their perennial borders. Many vegetable plants flau...
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Lengthy, windy winter may have damaged your evergreensApr 28, 2019 7:00 am - The winter damage to evergreens continues to become more visible in gardens and the damage may continue to worsen once there is an extended period of warm weather. Your...
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Greasy food is no good for a worm binApr 28, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I followed your advice and started a worm bin. But I am having problems with the bin smelling, attracting fruit flies and the worms are climbing the sides of the bin....
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Five tools gardening experts can't live withoutApr 27, 2019 7:00 am - Kelly Smith Trimble, editorial director of HGTV.com and author of "Vegetable Gardening Wisdom: Daily Advice and Inspiration for Getting the Most from Your Garden," has a...
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5 herbs to know and growApr 26, 2019 6:00 am - April is the month to plant herbs — in pots, in raised beds, in designated herb gardens — and, like spring itself, these aromatic jewels speak to the promise of the grow...
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Kickstart your garden with offerings from local plant salesApr 22, 2019 11:00 pm - As we head into spring, plant sales are popping up all over the suburbs, offering perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants and garden decor. These sales are mor...
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Annual 'Petals for Pets' to benefit the West Suburban Humane SocietyApr 22, 2019 11:00 pm - It's the same great sale, at a new location, just in time for Mother's Day. The 13th annual "Petals for Pets" plant sale benefits the West Suburban Humane Society. Pur...
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Sign up for McHenry County Conservation District 'Weekend of Restoration' eventApr 22, 2019 11:00 pm - Join McHenry County Conservation District for a "Weekend of Restoration: The Seasonal Rebirth of Nature" from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, at Lost Valley...