Articles filed under Gardening
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Buyers often look for American-made home decorSep 07, 2012 1:00 am - When Rita Christian was a little girl, her father was such a proponent of American-made products that she remembers him checking labels on items before he bought them. H...
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Friends team up to transform weedy lot into organic gardenSep 05, 2012 9:38 am - PEORIA, Ill. — Until this year, Ryan Childers and Michael Hobin knew very little about gardening. “I’ve never even grown a flower plant,” said Hobin, 28, an apprentice e...
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Indoor herb gardening can yield home remediesSep 03, 2012 7:12 am - What if you could soothe a sore throat or a headache with the snip of a scissors? Plant some herbs indoors now, before fall sets in, and you could have a winter’s worth ...
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Covenant Church members on a mission to grow crops for the hungrySep 02, 2012 5:00 am - Members of the Covenant Church of Schaumburg don't mince words. The name for their garden plots located just south of the church building, off of Meacham Road, says it ...
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Art in the garden: Mulch is a gardener’s best friendSep 01, 2012 4:00 am - Mulch is a workhorse in the garden. It suppresses weeds and regulates soil temperatures. It also helps hold moisture in the soil — especially important this past summer....
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Brass table an example of Eastlake’s Gothic styleSep 01, 2012 2:54 am - Q. I received this brass table as a gift from my grandmother in 1962. I believe it was a wedding gift to her in 1910. There are no markings that I can see. I treasure th...
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Trees and shrubs may be showing signs of stressSep 01, 2012 1:00 am - Days may be cooler now, but the hot and dry summer weather has put a lot of stress on plants that were not given supplemental water. There are many trees and shrubs with...
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Art in the garden: Brighten up tired summer containersAug 27, 2012 5:00 am - It’s no surprise that containers planted last spring may be looking haggard now. Despite the careful selection of plants and proper water and fertilizing, some plants ar...
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How gardens help students growAug 26, 2012 5:00 am - DALLAS — Gathered in the large garden behind an elementary school here, a group of kindergartners watched as their teacher snipped some basil, let them smell the leaves,...
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Corn smut, drought and insects: tales from a community gardenAug 25, 2012 10:05 am - Smut. Drought. High winds. Infertility. Ravenous insects. I’ve battled them all this summer in my plot at the Community Gardens in Geneva. And I’ve heard from other gard...