Articles filed under Gardening
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A day for sharingSep 06, 2004 11:00 pm - If there's any one thing common to gardeners, it is their never-ending quest to improve. They want stronger plants, better yields, fewer diseases, new varieties and the ...
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Plant a Row for the Hungry DaySep 06, 2004 11:00 pm - The Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Island at the Chicago Botanic Garden will be filled with experts next Sunday to help improve your home vegetable gardens. Here's the s...
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Gardener provides campaign with steady supply of veggiesAug 29, 2004 11:00 pm - Chubby cucumbers are the veggies du jour in George Tresnak's Elburn garden. He doesn't grow skinny ones - just big chubby ones. And they grow in abundance. That's a good...
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Plant a Row a perfect place for extra produceAug 12, 2004 11:00 pm - A farm girl at heart, Karen Belt loathes seeing vegetables rotting on the vine. Food is too important to waste. "That''s the way you survived on a farm was to plant thes...
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Parishioners reap the fruit of their laborsAug 08, 2004 11:00 pm - St. Isidore is the patron saint of farmers, so it's fitting that his Bloomingdale flock works the fields. Tucked behind the Catholic church bearing St. Isidore's name is...
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Prolific Palatine gardener shares abundanceAug 08, 2004 11:00 pm - At 4,500-square-feet, Tom Anderson's Palatine garden is larger than most people's homes. And with 40 tomato plants and 25 fruit trees among his vast collection, the even...
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With a little help, young gardeners blossomAug 02, 2004 11:00 pm - The little beds at the Green Earth Institute in Naperville are designed to help tomorrow's gardeners blossom. Children learn the basics about planting seeds, fertilizing...
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Brownies get chance to use their green thumbsJul 18, 2004 11:00 pm - Carl Lytle historically grows a large vegetable garden. He plants and his wife, Jean, cans the results. They make quite a tag team. This year, however, the Des Plaines c...
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Garden club producing for Plant a RowJul 11, 2004 11:00 pm - Peppers, yellow squash, green beans and zucchini are veggies with a purpose. It's not enough that the rows of vegetables thrive under the care of the Hoffman Estates Ga...
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Vegetables full of nutritional benefitsJun 06, 2004 11:00 pm - Participating in Plant a Row for the Hungry means helping ensure someone will get a fresh, nutritious meal. It's important, then, to choose wisely in the types of garden...