Articles filed under Gardening
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Consider using perennials in your containersMay 29, 2016 7:13 am - Container gardening has become so much more chic than red geraniums, vinca vines trailing over the edge, and a green spike in the middle for height. In addition to the s...
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How to attract butterflies and beesMay 29, 2016 7:11 am - Q. What can I plant to attract pollinators to my garden? A. This is a great question as our pollinator populations are on the decline. This may be due to habitat loss, m...
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Gardeners can help protect butterfly populationsMay 29, 2016 7:09 am - Bees aren't the only pollinators suffering from a massive North American die-off. Butterflies and moths, those flying flowers of the insect world, are disappearing too. ...
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Butterflies & Blooms opens at Chicago Botanic GardenMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - Butterflies & Blooms, an exhibit immersing visitors in an enclosed outdoor garden filled with plants and hundreds of live butterflies and moths, opens Saturday, May 28, ...
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Recent Garden Club sale a big successMay 23, 2016 5:00 am - On behalf of the Rolling Meadows Garden Club I would like to thank the community members who came to shop on what was truly a very cold day Saturday, May 14th. The club ...
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Dwarf fothergilla deserves a spot in your landscapeMay 22, 2016 7:09 am - When choosing a shrub for foundation plantings, shrub borders or perennial gardens, consider dwarf fothergilla. The genus was named for John Fothergill, a Quaker physici...
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Garlic mustard first introduced for medicinal purposesMay 22, 2016 2:01 am - Q. While doing some weeding and spring clean up around my property, I dug something that smelled like garlic. What is it, and can I eat it? A. Not having seen the plant ...
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Plan to rotate your crops to prevent diseaseMay 21, 2016 7:11 am - Rotate the crops in your vegetable garden to help control pest problems. This is the easiest way to practice organic, integrated pest management gardening. Many insects ...
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Blooming Fest takes root in downtown West ChicagoMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - If you're going to hold a celebration called Blooming Fest, it's always nice to have Mother Nature on your side. Face it, it's hard to marvel at the wonder of plants - a...
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Spring plant exchangeMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Lindenhurst Environmental Commission will host a spring plant exchange from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 21, at the village hall/public works building, 301 E. Sand...