Articles filed under Gardening
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Hang holiday lights on branches nowOct 23, 2016 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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St. Charles receives highest rating from America in Bloom awards programOct 19, 2016 11:00 pm - The St. Charles America in Bloom Committee recently announced St. Charles earned Five Blooms, the highest rating, in the America in Bloom program. St. Charles also was ...
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After you harvest these common crops, there's one last stepOct 18, 2016 6:00 am - The word "cure" can be confusing when applied to vegetables. It's not about the resolution of maladies but rather their prevention. Like the ecclesiastical "curate" or t...
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Don't touch that shrub!Oct 16, 2016 6:01 am - Q. Is fall a good time to prune and fertilize shrubs? Are there any shrubs I should not prune in fall? A. So what should you prune this fall? Basically, the general rule...
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Be mindful when planting, pulling and drying garlicOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Garlic, a member of the onion family, has been used as a traditional medicine and to add flavor to food for thousands of years. It is native to central Asia, but is very...
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Tips for autumn planting of your flowering bulbsOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - Most bulbs should be planted after a hard frost (mid- to late October) but before the ground freezes. Fall-flowering bulbs such as autumn crocus (Colchicum) should have ...
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Why does blue food turn some people green?Oct 16, 2016 6:00 am - My mother, always very clear in her preferences, did not like blue food. I could understand that feeling. Wasn't there something weird about the bright blue Popsicles of...
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For this N.Y. garden, fall is a time to flourish, not fadeOct 16, 2016 6:00 am - If you want some pointers on how to keep the garden humming along in a dry autumn, you should make your way to Wave Hill, the 28-acre estate overlooking the Hudson River...
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Volunteers needed to plant trees, shrubsOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Libertyville Township and the Lake County Audubon Society will host volunteer work days to plant 250 trees and shrubs on township property between the Timber Creek and B...
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Kane County Idea Garden Team earns state honorOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - The Kane County Master Gardeners earned a State Outstanding Master Gardener Teamwork Award during the 2016 Illinois Master Gardener Conference Aug. 19 in Champaign. The ...