Articles filed under Gardening
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How to keep your containers healthy lookingAug 08, 2021 7:00 am - If the plants growing in your containers or baskets are looking stunted or have leaves that are yellowing, they may need supplemental fertilizer. The frequent watering r...
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How Elk Grove man is working to help struggling butterfliesAug 08, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Ned Bruns has built a butterfly playgrou...
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Suburban Skyview: Digging into a community garden in Arlington HeightsAug 08, 2021 5:30 am - A large portion of land on the north end of Frontier Park in Arlington Heights is the home for 36 equal plots, rented each summer to suburban gardeners. The plots borde...
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MCC's new agriculture program has successful first yearAug 05, 2021 11:00 pm - McHenry County College is getting ready to welcome a new crop of Entrepreneurial Agriculture students this fall. The program, which trained its first group of students ...
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Saving the monarchy: How an Elk Grove Village man is working to help struggling butterfliesAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - Ned Bruns has built a butterfly playground with a purpose in his Elk Grove Village backyard. “The monarchs are in great decline,” Bruns said in explaining that purpose. ...
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Local Realtors beautify Naperville's Commissioners Park with pollinator plantsJul 27, 2021 11:00 pm - A group of Realtors from Century 21 Affiliated of Naperville gathered with a few friends from the service organization PEO (Philanthropic Education Association) to add p...
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Growth industry: Libertyville man plants urban farm in old shipping containerJul 26, 2021 5:30 am - At the 5.5-mile mark of the North Shore Bike Path, east of Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville, a mural depicting microgreens has emerged as a calling card for a new busine...
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Weeds aren't all bad, but do need to be controlledJul 25, 2021 7:00 am - Eons ago, the first humans learned to drop seeds into the ground to grow plants for food, for beauty and for fiber. We've come a long way developing what plants we grow ...
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Orders for Glen Ellyn History Center's annual mum sale begin Aug. 3Jul 24, 2021 11:00 pm - Beginning Sept. 8, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society's 2021 Mum Sale blooms for everyone who is ready to purchase beautiful chrysanthemums. The sale will be held at the...
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How to grow plate-size dahliasJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - If you want to maximize the size of your dahlia flowers, keep the main stems free of side shoots, allowing only the terminal bud to develop. This will result in one flow...