Native plant gardens add beauty, environmental benefits
— May 3, 2021Those who love gardening, wildflowers, or who are tired of mowing expansive lawns should consider creating a native plant garden. Gemini Bhalsod, a horticulture educator with…
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Small-space containers big with new gardeners
— April 16, 2021When victory gardens returned last spring, long gone were acre plots with rows and rows of vegetables. Instead, a new generation of gardeners who were interested in home cooking and…
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Make way for new award-winning garden plants of 2021
— March 2, 2021After a long winter thumbing through seed and plant catalogs for inspiration, March is the time when Illinois gardeners can finally start seeds for the spring garden. But gardening…
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Tasty and healthy vegetable ribbon salad
— September 10, 2020Wrap up the last of summer’s harvest with colorful ribbons of orange, green, yellow and red. Abundant zucchini, summer squash and carrots can be woven together with fettuccine pasta…
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How to prolong shelf life of home garden produce
— August 20, 2020Soon, more summer fruits and vegetables will be ready for harvest. As gardeners, overplanting is a common problem, and it is a struggle to get the longest life out of the harvest. “Most…
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Expert says time is right to plant cool season vegetables
— March 16, 2021Across Illinois, experienced gardeners are blocking dates on their calendars based on expected thaw dates and anticipated harvest times. Hardy vegetables can be planted as soon as the…
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Bee-friendly living is latest buzz
— October 14, 2020Life is always abuzz in the Holmlund household. Working parents and three active kids under 11 come and go from their welcoming Santa Cruz home near Monterey Bay, California….
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Now’s the time to think about summer salsa
— September 3, 2020When tomatoes and peppers are ripe and plentiful, folks will wonder what to do with all that produce. Salsa is one good option. How hot the salsa is depends on the kind of peppers that…
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