Articles filed under Gardening
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Fall garden care tips: Improving soil, aerating lawns, planting bulbsSep 09, 2025 10:33 am - Plants like rhododendrons and azaleas that prefer acidic soil conditions can benefit from an application of granular sulfur to the soil in fall.
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A guide to fall lawn care for cool-season grassesSep 03, 2025 10:21 am - Fall is an opportune time to tend to a lawn to increase the chances grass grows back strong in spring.
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It’s a good time to plant greensSep 02, 2025 6:03 pm - Cool-season lettuces, mesclun mixes, and other greens that were planted in early spring can be planted again this month.
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Turn your garden harvest into a peck of pickled peppers. Or cukes. Even watermelon rindsSep 02, 2025 12:43 pm - Don’t have the patience for pressure canning? Pickling fruits and vegetables is a good way to preserve your harvest.
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Gardening's hidden benefits: How digging in the dirt could bolster mental well-beingSep 02, 2025 11:45 am - Research suggests gardening can reduce stress and lift mood, with benefits increasing the more regularly one gardens.
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Learn seed saving techniques at Lombard Garden Club eventSep 01, 2025 8:59 pm - Paul Velat will discuss techniques for saving viable seeds, determining viability, methods, timing, etc. at a free Lombard Garden Club event on Sept. 15.
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Sometimes growth in the garden means going smallAug 26, 2025 6:37 pm - Downsizing a large garden over time helped one man to find calm and satisfaction, realizing that personal growth is not always about expansion.
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A Berlin garden of flavorsome herbs revives a monastic health tradition from the Middle AgesAug 26, 2025 2:23 pm - In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden.
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How to overwinter annuals, avoid wasp stings and train espaliersAug 26, 2025 11:19 am - It is time to take cuttings of annuals like geraniums and begonias to preserve them for winter.
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Tips for growing gladioli and lawn seeding in late summerAug 19, 2025 6:06 pm - I have fond memories of growing gladioli as a kid growing up in Nebraska — and at this point in summer I’m seeing them in bloom around the Chicago area.