Articles filed under Gardening
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Sign up by March 28 for Defenders' solar workshopMar 25, 2019 11:00 pm - The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will offer a workshop designed to bring solar farm developers together with experts in the field of native plantings. Sola...
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Warm days allow for treatment of magnolia scaleMar 24, 2019 7:00 am - March is generally a good month to control insects such as magnolia scale with an application of dormant oil. Before pursuing any controls, verify that you have a proble...
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Reliable perennials are best choice for beginning gardenersMar 24, 2019 7:00 am - Spring has finally sprung and gardeners, beginning and experienced alike, are getting ready to head to local garden centers. Rows upon rows of perennials await, filling ...
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Gardener volunteer kickoff at Volo BogMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - Pent-up gardeners with no space or passionate planters who want more are invited to a native gardener volunteer kickoff meeting and cleanup burns on Tuesday, March 26, a...
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McHenry County College Gardenfest to feature moss garden expertMar 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Learn new gardening tips with a one-hour lecture on "The Sievert Moss Gardens - From 1970 until Today" by moss garden expert and author Dale Sievert, who is the keynote ...
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Best bets: Comedian Lewis Black tours to Elgin, WWE Monday Night RAW at AllstateMar 18, 2019 6:00 am - Bout time A tag-team battle between Seth Rollis and Dean Ambrose against Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin is just one of the matches featured in WWE Monday Night RAW at th...
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Evergreens need water as temperatures begin slow riseMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - Continue watering any evergreens that are planted in containers outside when temperatures warm up and conditions are dry if you are planning to try to keep them alive fo...
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Salvia nemerosa varieties are mainstays in the MidwestMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - The National Garden Bureau has decreed that 2019 is the year of Salvia nemerosa. These are not the annual types of salvia, like Victoria Blue, that we love to use in sum...
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Lavender is the all-purpose Swiss army knife of fragrant herbsMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - Lavender is a species with a Mediterranean ancestry, but it has been hybridized to such an extent than it can survive Toronto winters. This perennial evergreen shrub is ...
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Place orders for annual Conservation Plant SaleMar 11, 2019 11:00 pm - The Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for its annual Conservation Plant Sale. Each spring, bare root evergreen tree seedlings, deciduous...