Articles filed under Gardening
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Your spring containers can contain tasty choicesMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - Lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables to grow in containers. Start some from seed indoors now to transplant in a few weeks or sow seeds directly in containers early i...
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Branches also make interesting tabletop displaysMar 10, 2019 6:05 am - Branches with interesting foliage, as well as flowering branches, can be forced. They then make beautiful displays to have in your home. First, prune those branches that...
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DuPage Friends of Extension to host spring celebrationMar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - After this long winter, are you itching to get in the garden? Then mark your calendars for Saturday, March 30, to attend "Celebrating Spring." Hosted by the DuPage Frien...
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New members of Lombard Garden Club receive traditional tea cup and saucer as giftMar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - For many, many years, the traditional gift to a new member of the Lombard Garden Club was a beautiful flowered tea cup and saucer. The tradition of this welcome is stil...
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Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar now slated for March 17Mar 07, 2019 10:00 pm - Weather delayed delivery of the root stock for Garfield Farm Museum's 32nd annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar so it has been rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar...
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Constable: Pussy willows about to fire first shot in war on winterMar 05, 2019 4:30 am - The email's subject line - "Looking for Spring" - warms my heart. Surely, Stacy L. Iwanicki, natural resources education coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natu...
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Will our suburban trees survive in a warmer climate?Mar 03, 2019 7:00 am - Q. What plants and shrubs are now being recommended for our changing climate, USDA Zone 5b? A. We are fortunate to have some information about this because in 2016, the ...
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Some favorite garden vegetables attract pollinators, tooMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - Planting clumps of bright, successively blooming flowers is a popular method for attracting foraging pollinators like bees and butterflies. But savvy vegetable and fruit...
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Emergence of white snowdrops are first sign of springMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - After a winter like the one Chicagoans have just endured, the first signs of spring are especially welcome. In my garden, it is the first snowdrops that lift my spirits ...
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Fruit trees benefit from late winter pruningMar 03, 2019 5:00 am - A good time to prune fruit trees is late February or early March, before the buds begin to swell. A tree's branching habits are easy to see, and the weather is generally...